Ehud Danoch, who has served as consul general of Israel in Los Angeles since October 2004, has been working round the clock since fighting first broke out between Israel and its neighbors in late June.
\”I would never have imagined that a Muslim, a president of Pakistan and, more than that, a man in uniform would ever get such a warm reception from the Jewish community,\” Musharraf said as he ascended the platform to excited applause.
Interfaith Passover seder participants dine in a banquet hall at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The April 29 seder grew out of an 11-day interfaith trip to Israel and the West Bank in February.
While I appreciate The Journal\’s attempt at Purim humor, as a long time and very proud shtreimel wearer, I was saddened by your cover of Michael Jackson, currently under indictment and on trial for [alleged] child molestation (Purim Cover, March 25).
The emerging ethnic commercial district, akin to better-established Little Saigon in Westminster and Los Angeles\’ Koreatown, is further evidence of the county\’s evolution from suburbia into a more diverse, urban environment.
\”What we\’re trying to do is build a world that is a more decent place,\” Rabbi Allen Krause said in his book-lined office. \”I\’m doing what I can do. I don\’t know whether I\’m having an impact, but that doesn\’t mean I\’m going to stop trying.\”
\”When I left Baghdad in 1951,\” Naji Harkham recalled of the day he left for Israel, \”I left with tears in my eyes. To me, Baghdad was good. I had so many Muslim friends who didn\’t want me to leave.\”
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