Plastic surgery gets lift
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
In Los Angeles, facelifts, breast augmentations, tummy tucks and nose jobs are about as common as juice bars and bad traffic on the 405.
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holy land
Best place to avoid a zombie apocalypse?
Ryan E. Smith
July 2, 2013
Max Brooks, son of the comedian behind “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers,” is convinced that Jews are uniquely positioned to face a zombie apocalypse. And he’s not joking.
Israel Festival brings L.A. a taste of Tel Aviv
Jewish Journal
April 23, 2013
Eden Bennun craved a taste of Israel. Growing up in Kfar Saba and Rishon LeZion as a child gave her a love of Israel’s smells, sounds and foods.
What do I think about Zionism as a Turkish Muslim?
Jewish Journal
March 5, 2013
For the last couple of years – and especially the last couple of days – my Jewish friends all over the world have expressed their concern over whether anti-Semitism is on the rise in Turkey. First of all Turkey has a population over 70 million.
What is the Israeli election really telling the Palestinians?
Rabbi Marvin Hier
January 29, 2013
Without a doubt, at the moment, the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank are riding high, flexing their muscles, and feeling very confident about what they view as an impressive string of recent victories.
Birds of a feather flock together in Hula Valley
Jewish Journal
November 29, 2012
Every winter, hundreds of millions of tourists (some of them no larger than a finger) defy travel warnings to visit the Holy Land. They don’t spend much money in Israel, and some stay for only a few hours. They visit the country’s “pubs” before flying off again.
John Hagee: Christian pastor with a Zionist message
Jonah Lowenfeld
August 29, 2012
It’s become a standard part of John Hagee’s stump speech, the story of how the evangelical pastor and founder of the 1.2 million-member Christians United For Israel (CUFI) first got started on the path of Israel advocacy.
Israeli hotels showcase a summer medley of adventures
Jewish Journal
May 16, 2012
Spurred by a record-breaking number of foreign tourists who visited the Holy Land during the first quarter of 2012, Israel’s burgeoning hotel industry is gearing up for a busy summer tourism season by sprucing up their facilities and offering a variety of titillating vacation packages.
Lacrosse blooms in the desert
Jewish Journal
April 25, 2012
“Building a team for 2014 is the exciting part, but it’s all the other work that needs to get done …” William “Bill” Beroza’s voice trailed off as he imagined the hard road ahead.
Holy Land interfaith peacemakers offer ‘Jerusalem hug’
Roberto Loiederman
December 14, 2011
The smallish man, an observant Jew named Eliyahu McLean, smiled impishly at the crowd who’d come to listen to his stories of trying to create interfaith peace in the holy land.
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