Rabbi Mordecai Finley, Ph.D., is the spiritual leader of Ohr HaTorah Synagogue, an independent traditional-progressive (between Conservative and Reform) in Mar Vista. He is also Professor of Jewish Thought at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, where he teaches, among other things, Jewish ethics, spiritual psychology, liturgy and Jewish mysticism.
When you go out to war, be nice.
How Israeli academics are being shut out of the international academic world, and how UCLA professor Judea Pearl is fighting back.
The novel is set in 1952 and centers on Jay deVenezia, a 23-year-old, six-foot-five-inch Italian Jew from the Bronx, and his older brother, Eric “Bud” deVenezia.
“Bloody Murray,” whose first season is available on ChaiFlicks, stars Naomi Levov as Mo, better known as Murray, and Rotem Sela as her best friend and roommate, Dana.
In addition to Best Feature Film, “The Wedding Entertainer” received nominations for Best Actor for Rand, Best Supporting Actor for Tal Friedman, Best Supporting Actress for Malky Goldman, Best Screenplay for Rand and Best Cinematography for Giora Bejach.
Everyone has a direct stake in knowing that one of the most-cited evidentiary pillars in the international campaign against Israel is far shakier than its footnotes suggest.
In this, the season of our renewal, I am proposing a transformational agenda for our Los Angeles Jewish community.
Deliciously flaky and crispy with a satisfying creamy filling, these burekas are really easy to prepare.
How Israeli Academics Are Being Shut Out of the International Academic World
The pause isn’t the absence of action; it’s a sanctuary in time.
It is a challenge for which various solutions have already been tried and failed. Most of all, it is a challenge that doesn’t seem to have any prospect of being addressed anytime soon in a way that leads to a final resolution.
Presidential security machinations, like presidential vacation time and decorating budgets, often serve as partisan Rorschach tests: rivals mock, while supporters defend.
It is about refusing to allow partisan loyalty to make us silent when our own community is threatened.
Nowhere is it written you have to agree with every position taken by every candidate running as a member of your party.
