It is instructive to look at two prominent Jewish columnists for The New York Times, William Safire and Tom Friedman, to realize that one can be Jewish and of two different minds. Here are two very Jewishly committed men with two very different views of the world and of the Middle East. Neither one represents a monolith that some of the \”Lieberman-scared\” Jews fear exists.
Festival Chair Itzik Glazer said he was pleased by the number of people willing to come out to the festival, despite it falling on Mother\’s Day.
\”People have told me it\’s the best festival yet,\” said his wife, Mikki Glazer.
UCLA Hillel special events coordinator Guy Kochlani was born in Tel Aviv, but he was never actively involved in supporting Israel — until the day three years ago when a group of Palestinian students interrupted the Yom HaAtzmaut celebration on campus.
Pitched partisan battles are what\’s in store for the upcoming 108th Congress.
As the vote on secession comes to a head in the Nov. 5 election, business groups find themselves playing a major role in swaying voters to their side.
Nearly a quarter of all U.S. claims made to the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) have come from California.
The scenes from Yasser Arafat\’s headquarters in Ramallah this week played tricks on the mind.
Ads trumpeting Israeli democracy and the country\’s cultural and political similarities to America came to TV sets nationwide.
In a symbolic and literal demonstration of support for Israel, Orange County\’s Jewish organizations are waging a cooperative campaign to send a bit of new year\’s cheer to two economically hard-pressed coastal communities near Israel\’s Gaza this month.&\’9;
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held its annual Deborah Awards, honoring women of achievement — an evening at the Regent Beverly Wilshire emceed by Arianna Huffington.
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