A recently email immediately caught my attention for two very personal reasons: The subject line mentioned a referral from my favorite Orthodox rabbi, and the first paragraph made reference to my preferred method for language learning. Given my fluency in multiple languages, I am often asked how I go about learning them. I now have an app to show them: Nulu (info@nulu.com .
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
In the beginning, there was nothing, and literally everything had to be made.
We hope our prayers will continue to be answered as we await the return of the hostages that are deceased, in need of proper burial, and reunion with loved ones.
This has been one of the most trying chapters in modern Jewish history. And yet, through sorrow and fear, something essential about who we are has been revealed.
This obsession with Jews is not just harmful to Jews and to President Trump’s “peace plan.” It also harms millions of victims everywhere.
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 128
Anti-zionism is perhaps the most sophisticated form of anti-Jewish bigotry precisely because it was designed to masquerade as political criticism.
A lively and deeply informed account of the era when Los Angeles served as a place of refuge for German, Austrian and Eastern European artists, writers, scholars and intellectuals who fled from the Third Reich.
The movie has the virtues of “Life is Beautiful” and the intensity of “Schindler’s List,” and stands on its own as an engaging Holocaust drama.
Ninth in a series
Book Review and Interview: LIVING DANGEROUSLY, My Struggle to Get Rich Without Losing my Soul
This hearty harvest veggie soup recipe includes my favorite cooking technique — roasting vegetables on a sheet pan.
The documents behind the Gaza reconstruction framework — circulating now among Gulf planners, Western advisors, and select policy circles — paint a picture that’s far more ambitious than a ceasefire.
Genesis’ second chapter devotes five verses to a river that emerges from humanity’s birthplace.
