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Protesters Descend on Local Shivah Home of Man Who Refuses to Issue Wife a Get
Moving and shaking: JFLA Circle of Hope, artworxLA, UC-JIR benefit and more
The Jewish Free Loan Association’s (JFLA) Circle of Hope Tribute Dinner at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel on June 1 honored Ivan Wolkind, Aaron Bloom, Jessica Rosen and the Zimmer Family Foundation.
Rabbis’ High Holy Days sermons to emphasize spirituality, not politics
Over the last several weeks, Rabbi Yonah Bookstein of Pico Shul and Rabbi Kalman Topp of Beth Jacob Congregation have been gathering signatures from rabbis across the country opposed to the Iran nuclear agreement.
Moving and shaking: Rick Santorum, Brad Sherman, L.A. Dodgers and more
Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential hopeful, spoke for an hour on foreign policy, Iran and radical Islam at Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills on Aug. 27 to a small but overwhelmingly sympathetic audience.
Remembering, honoring IDF’s lone soldier Steinberg, comrades
“I just want to say, Max was my best soldier, and I loved him so much, and to be with you is like closure for me. It’s something you can’t explain in words.”
Why do Jews embrace shame?
Maybe by the time you read this, Israeli authorities will have identified a Jewish suspect in the horrible attack in Duma that left a Palestinian toddler dead and other family members severely injured.
Claire Venze Gebler, former Beth Jacob congregant, 55
Claire (Cookie) Venze died on Dec. 20 in Massachusetts.
Lihi Shaar, kidnapped teen’s aunt, describes her nephew
When Lihi Shaar awoke on June 13 to the news that three Israeli students had been kidnapped the night before near the town of Alon Shvut, she had a sinking feeling — her nephew, Gilad Shaar, was studying at Yeshivat Mekor Chaim, a high school in Alon Shvut.