Actor, peace activist Michael Douglas awarded $1 million Genesis Prize
Jewish Journal
January 15, 2015
Actor and peace activist Michael Douglas is the recipient of the 2015 Genesis Prize.
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Toronto federation gives $100,000 to family of synagogue attack victim
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto raised more than $100,000 for the family of a victim of a terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue.
In Paris, Sharansky warns of ‘beginning of end’ for European Jewry
Jewish Journal
July 8, 2014
On their 40th wedding anniversary, Avital and Natan Sharansky went sightseeing in the City of Light.
Israel vows big investment in world Jewry project, though details remain fuzzy
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2014
Its leaders call it a “historic development,” a “paradigm shift” and a “change in the relationship” between Israel and Diaspora Jewry.
After Geneva, Iran’s nuclear deal remains a conundrum
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
Last month’s nuclear deal with Iran has set off a cacophony of pro and con acrimony pitting public officials, academic experts and pundits against one another. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the interim accord a “historic mistake.”
Jews should get offended by Palestinian insult
David Suissa
June 19, 2013
If there’s one thing the Palestinians are great at, it’s saying no. For years now, many peace-loving Jewish heads have been bruised from banging against the brick wall of Palestinian rejectionism.
L.A. rabbis urge calm at Kotel
Jonah Lowenfeld
June 6, 2013
Rabbi Laura Geller, a spiritual leader at the Reform Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills, knows firsthand about the restrictions on non-Orthodox Jewish women’s prayer at the Western Wall.
Respect, inclusion and tolerance at the Western Wall
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2013
\’There are no villains in this story.” Those were the calming words of Natan Sharansky, renowned human rights champion and Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Q&A with Jewish Agency chair Natan Sharansky
Jonah Lowenfeld
June 4, 2013
The Russian-born Israeli Natan Sharansky, 65, a former member of the Knesset and now chair of the Jewish Agency, visited Los Angeles last week, hosted jointly by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Beth Jacob Congregation of Beverly Hills.
North American federations back Sharansky’s Kotel compromise
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2013
The Jewish Federations of North America’s board of trustees passed a resolution supporting Natan Sharansky’s proposed compromise on egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.
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