U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his Israeli counterpart, Moshe Yaalon, will meet this week.
A Pentagon official told JTA that the two defense chiefs would meet in Washington on Friday, but did not provide further details.
Israel and the United States are closely cooperating in tracking Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program and formulating strategy over how to prevent it.
Hagel and Yaalon met last month in Israel in their first meeting since taking their posts.
The butchers of Tehran love their own freedom to be butchers. What they can’t seem to stomach is to give their people the same freedom to be human.
The rabbi’s goal is to make sure that Chai Lifeline is there to assist in any way possible.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Mayors come and go, but the Jewish people will continue onward.
That we are inured to the rising tide of antisemitism is dismaying—but it isn’t shocking.
It’s well-known that the hate that starts with Jews never ends with Jews. Hating Jews, in other words, is suicidal, which makes it even more stupid.
January feels early to talk about plagues, but this is the cycle of the Torah, so who am I to argue?
A curated collection of true stories of Jewish ethics under pressure, “Do The Right Thing” premieres Jan. 20 in Santa Monica.
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 138
The adventures of Jacob and his children have served as a throughline in the genesis of America – from abolition to revolution, the Civil War to civil rights.
Why do we feel we have to separate our identity as Jews from every other identity we take on? What is holding you back from incorporating your Jewishness into your professional life, your parenting, your personal relationships?
Soon we will know whether Iran’s newest uprising becomes another chapter in a long pattern, or the moment the pattern breaks. For one thing is already clear: this time, fewer people are asking for reform and more are asking for an ending.
The film portrays the horrors of that day through the perspectives of several fictional characters as they face the terror and chaos of the first 12 hours of the attack.
Courage isn’t always taking the leap of faith to get on a plane into a war zone, but to sing even when the siren tries to silence you.
Ramah has been called “A jewel in the crown of Conservative Judaism.”
