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Behind the Scenes at “Semi[te] Sweet: On Jews and Chocolate – The Exhibition”
Rabbi Debbie Prinz
February 14, 2018
Imagining a seder in my home a century ago
Jewish Journal
April 2, 2015
With 30-minute seders, food drives for the hungry and boxes of perfectly baked matzah, we like to think that in 2015 we have finally achieved a modern, socially relevant and easy-to-observe Passover.
Lacking long-term plans, many U.S. Jewish cemeteries in neglect
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2013
For years, the historic Jewish cemetery was so overgrown with weeds, plagued by toppled headstones, and littered with fallen branches, beer cans and snack-food wrappers that at least a quarter of its graves were impossible to reach.
USC-Shoah head named to genocide education chair
Ryan Torok
October 16, 2013
As the executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education, Stephen Smith is known for his work preserving the memory of the Holocaust.
Los Angeles history: Jewish dreamers, schemers of the San Fernando Valley
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2013
Have you ever been lost on Ventura Boulevard, a street that’s long on history? One night, I found myself west of the 405 Freeway, searching for the street on which to turn left to pick up my teenage son and realized I’d totally lost my bearings.
Yigal Kipnis on Yom Kippur War’s lessons
Shmuel Rosner
September 24, 2013
Yigal Kipnis is an Israeli historian; since 1978 he has been a farmer and a resident of the Golan Heights. He teaches at the University of Haifa and researches the settlement geography and political history of Israel. Kipnis also served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force for 31 years (26 of them in the IAF reserves). The following exchange focuses on his book, “1973: The Road to War,” which came out in Hebrew in late 2012. The book has received fantastic reviews in the Israeli press by various acclaimed critics and is scheduled to appear in English later this year.
Reza Aslan on Jesus, the Jew
Jonathan Kirsch
August 7, 2013
Reza Aslan, an author and scholar of religion, has established himself as a familiar face and voice on American television, the go-to guy for commentary on the Islamic world, and he embodies all the right stuff: youthful good looks, depth of knowledge and the kind of media savvy that enables him to answer even the most nuanced questions in measured sound bites.
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