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One of the many things that annoys me about politicians is how sure they are of themselves. Everything is black and white. Every idea is...
In whom do you see yourself? A mother? A father? A sibling? What if an integral part of your identity lies in someone whom you’ve...
Maimonides’ “Guide for the Perplexed” warns against misplaced mercy, as compassion for the wicked amounts to cruelty to everyone else. Unfortunately, this sound advice is...
Mike Bloomberg is not a radical. However, he is running the most radically Jewish campaign in U.S. history. In January, Bloomberg spoke at a prominent...
Recently I was talking to my friend Ryan on the phone when I heard a strange sound from his end. He said it was a...
Sometimes, everything feels broken. Our country is rocking with political chaos. There is so much to be worried about, from deadly flu strains to economic instability....
The following is a speech given by Judea Pearl at the Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) conference on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles: This title...
Disclaimer: The writer was 3 years old and lived in Manhattan with his parents when Bernie Sanders lived on a kibbutz. This is a work...
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) held its national conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8-11. Speakers from various Jewish organizations shared tools to...
When 27-year-old Zoë Morgan first landed in Israel on a Birthright trip, the tour went straight from the airport to the Golan Heights. She fell...
The week after next, three events will reflect and/or impact the bipartisan nature of the U.S.-Israel alliance. On March 1, AIPAC will hold its annual...
There are two Democratic parties in our country, and it has been clear for some time now that these progressive and centrist factions will collide...
Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk. Exodus 23:19 I became a vegetarian spontaneously one day in an Islands restaurant after reading a...
One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, Accidental Talmudist. But if the slave declares, “I love my master, and my wife and children: I do...
There’s no substitute for homemade chicken soup at any time but particularly when sick. This is the soup I make when I’m under the weather....
Who is rich? One who is happy with their lot. Who is wise? One who learns from every human. Care for the stranger. Give people...
When she was 16 years old, Rachel Steinman’s maternal grandfather died by suicide by jumping from his Wilshire Boulevard high rise. While Steinman, a Studio...
Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz and Democratic strategist and Director of the Center for the Political Future and professor of political science at USC...
Whether you know him as The Fonz from “Happy Days,” Gene Cousineau on HBO’s “Barry” or from his New York Times bestselling “Hank Zipzer” children’s...
The battle between good and evil plays out in two arenas in Amazon Prime Video’s “Hunters,” a 10-episode series produced by Jordan Peele (“Get Out,”...
In music circles, he goes by one name: Albare. He’s a jazz guitarist and composer, and he’s speaking with the Journal about his latest album....
The First Amendment does not protect the person who falsely cries “Fire!” in a crowded theater, according to the classic words of Supreme Court justice...
Frances Blumberg died Jan. 11 at 98. Survived by cousins Maxine (Patrick) Reagh, Carol (George Levinthal) Nelson, Wendy Ladin, Mark Ladin. Mount Sinai Irene Botvinick...
As a craft supply hoarder, I have an odd collection of materials in my art studio. One thing I have a lot of is wine corks....
In some Orthodox Jewish communities, women’s faces are not shown in magazines, on billboards, in pamphlets or on flyers for community gatherings, for purposes of...
Nearly 80 young Jewish professionals turned out to AMIT Los Angeles’ NewGen AMIT and Greet on Feb. 5, featuring the artwork of local artist Fabian Lijtmaer. “It’s exciting to...
FRI FEB 21 Stand-up Shabbat Dinner Knesset Israel Congregation of Beverly Hills (KI) holds its second annual Shabbat comedy dinner, featuring Daniel Lobell and Eli...
