As reported by “>survey, Trump has only 39.5 percent of the vote in the 10th congressional district -the city’s largest Jewish population and second-largest Republican population – Kasich has 31.7 percent and Cruz has 21.3. If Trump gets above 50 percent of the vote, he will get all three delegates up for grabs in each district.
Israel’s 78th Independence Day is an opportunity to defy this political moment and think eternally, existentially, and about your identity.
Who am I who has never given birth
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Even if the information is true, one who speaks disparagingly about another is guilty of lashon hara, evil speech.
What will define the Jewish future is not antisemitism but how we respond to it. Embracing our Maccabean spirit would be a good start.
As the publisher and co-founder of Random House, Bennett Cerf was one of the most important figures in 20th-century culture and literature.
As Matti Friedman demonstrates in his riveting new book, one of Israel’s greatest legends is also riddled with mysteries and open questions.
The book is not a single narrative but a novel of interconnected stories, each laced with irony, poignancy, and hilarity.
Forgiving someone on behalf of a community that is not yours is not forgiveness. It is opportunism dressed up as virtue.
Although institutional change can be slow, Jewish organizations fighting antisemitism have made progress…Critics may have some legitimate concerns about mission drift — but this is solved with accountability, not defunding.
The transmission of these bureka recipes from generation to generation is a way of retaining heritage and history in Sephardic communities around the world.
There is nothing like spreading a soft blanket out in the shade and enjoying some delicious food with friends and family.
Israelis must become King David Jews, fighting when necessary while building a glittering Zion. Diaspora Jews must become Queen Esther Jews. Fit in. Prosper. Decipher your foreign lands’ cultural codes. But be literate, proud, brave Jews.
No one should underestimate the difficulty of the past few years. But what will define us is not the level or nature of the problem but how we deal with it.
Before Israel’s week of Remembrance and Independence, it is proper to reflect on the inherent tension between dreams and their realization.
His message of love — hopeful, expansive, humane — inspired genuine moral progress. It fostered hope that humanity might ultimately converge toward those ideals. In too many parts of the world, that expectation collided with societies that did not share those assumptions.
