Table for Five: Vayakhel
Salvador Litvak
February 23, 2022
Why did God choose Bezalel to build the Tabernacle?
Category
February 23, 2022
If the World’s #1 Sponsor of Terror Deserves a Carrot, Why Not Russia?
David Suissa
February 23, 2022
With Iran we act like suckers and with Russia we act like bullies. What kind of coherent geopolitical strategy is that?
Netaneli, a Major Influence on Persian Jews, Dies at 100
Ari L. Noonan
February 23, 2022
Netaneli’s unquenchable thirst for learning, combined with his talent for teaching and influencing others, made him a heavyweight in the Persian Jewish world.
Why “Ask a Jew” Is My Favorite Jewish Podcast of 2022
Tabby Refael
February 23, 2022
“There are no ‘wrong’ or ‘stupid’ questions on our show. It is inclusive in a way that anyone can listen and participate without fear of being looked down on.”
Amnesty Israel Head Slams Report Accusing Israel of Apartheid As “A Punch to the Gut”: “Neither True Nor Helpful”
Aaron Bandler
February 23, 2022
Malekar argued that there is “serious debate” over whether or not Israel meets the legal definition of apartheid, but Amnesty is supposed to be a human rights group, not a group that focuses on “theoretical definitions.”
ADL Hosts Webinar Supporting Lipstadt Nomination
Aaron Bandler
February 23, 2022
Lipstadt, 74, is particularly known for her Holocaust scholarship and for successfully fighting against a libel lawsuit from Holocaust denier David Irving.
Pandemic-Driven Art and Other Exhibits at UCLA Hillel Dortort Center
Debra L. Eckerling
February 23, 2022
Brynjegard-Bialik’s “Paper Golems: A Pandemic Diary” along with Ruth Weisberg‘s “The Water Dancers” and Aline Mare’s “Mirabilia” are being featured at the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel through March 11.
Treat Your Spouse Like the Hotel Guest of Your Life
Kylie Ora Lobell
February 23, 2022
It’s odd that at times, we treat our friends, and even strangers, better than we treat our spouses.
Seventy is the New My Back Hurts
Mark Schiff
February 23, 2022
There are a lot of things that are about to start changing and I don’t know if I am ready.
New Proposal Would Force CA School Districts to Adopt “Liberated” Curriculum if Students Want Admission to UC Schools
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
February 23, 2022
As the first school district to formalize a relationship with LESMC after Governor Newsom signed the bill mandating an ethnic studies graduation requirement, the Castro Valley school board’s decision was particularly sobering for the Jewish community.
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