Category
life
Losing to Gain: The Central Paradox of Death Rituals – The Break that Binds by Isaac Pollak
Rabbi Joe Blair
August 9, 2017
Reeling in the summer
Iris Mann
June 2, 2016
This summer brings an eclectic group of films to local screens, many featuring specifically Jewish protagonists and covering such disparate subjects as a fundamentalist revolution, a revolutionary TV programmer, the hunt for Adolf Eichmann, religiosity and coming of age in the 1950s.
My Unataneh Tokef moments
Douglas Workman
September 4, 2014
On Rosh Hashanah, it is written and Yom Kippur, it is sealed; who shall live, who shall die.
11 observations on life and living
Jewish Journal
November 15, 2013
My mother broke her hip, she’s in rehab, she wants to get out but, imprisoned, she needs someone to listen to her story. I’m providing that service. That’s what we all want. Someone we don’t have to be our best self with.
Life in Southern Israel on hold during Gaza situation
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2012
Two weeks ago, Noami Cohen and Uzi Madar had a traditional engagement party for Jews from Arab countries called a “hina.” They dressed in colorful costumes, danced and partied with 120 of their friends.
New Articles
UCLA Jewish Students, Alum: Pro-Palestinian Encampment Turned Campus Into “War Zone”
Aaron Bandler
May 7, 2024
Gaza Masquerade Parties Can’t Mask Ugliness
Thane Rosenbaum
May 6, 2024
By Putting Feelings Before Truth, Universities Created a Time Bomb
David Suissa
May 6, 2024
Taste Buds with Deb Celebrates One Year, A Triple Chai of Eps
Debra L. Eckerling
May 6, 2024
The Nazis at George Washington U.
Rafael Medoff
May 6, 2024
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