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Could four Jews agree on the four best “Seinfeld” episodes? Will “The Soup Nazi” make the cut?

Blood libels were never about evidence. They were about moral conditioning – preparing societies to see Jews as uniquely sinister, corrupting and deserving of suspicion.

The summit’s emotional center remained the lobbying itself: ordinary Californians leaving hotel conference rooms behind to walk directly into the offices where state policy is shaped.



Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.

Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.

The Israeli-American scientist is helping transform global agriculture through innovation and sustainability.

“Our main role is to keep the students moving forward, even when the path is complex.” – Professor Yossi Rosenwaks

The play “Giant” and its urgent, timely message could not have come sooner—in part because it clashes with the antisemitism we see on the news. Today a dandy like Dahl is not the problem. What we are all witnessing now is low-class thuggery prowling city streets.


You must keep one foot in the sanctuary even while going out to war; and you must go out to war even when your heart yearns to remain in the sanctuary.


If you created a time capsule representing who you are and what you stand for, what would be included?



Chaplains are called to be present. We hold, we witness, we support others in accessing their spiritual resources, and we accompany. We honor the grief, loss, and love by seeing and hearing them when it is unbearable.

An outcry over my support for Israel in my Jewish Journal columns forced me to withdraw from my commencement address at Georgetown Law School. Here is the speech I was going to give.

This is the fifth time that Israel has qualified for the Eurovision final in the past six years.