UJC seeks donations for hurricane victims
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2008
United Jewish Communities has set up donation drive for hurricane victims
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Families of terror victims can have their day in court
Ron Kampeas, JTA
March 8, 2008
About 20 lawsuits targeting the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) — some dating back to the mid-1990s — have been held up in recent months while the Bush administration considered a federal judge\’s request to weigh in on the issue. In a Feb. 29 letter to Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court in New York, the Bush administration made clear it did not want to intervene — for now.
The Agunah: A Modern-Day Nightmare
Alexandra Leichter
March 17, 2005
These two cases vividly illustrate the current problems of the modern day agunah (a woman chained to an unwanted marriage), because halacha (Jewish law) gives the husband the sole, unfettered power of divorce. While under Ashkenazic tradition a woman can withhold her \”consent\” to such a divorce, the remedies available to the victim of a recalcitrant husband or wife differ substantially.
Reflections on a Tragedy
Maryann J. Gray
July 15, 2004
For thousands of years, communities have wrestled with the question of how to treat accidental killers. The Book of Numbers (consistent with a shorter passage in Exodus) tells us that God instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to establish six cities of refuge to which accidental killers could flee. The accidental killer was to be protected from the wrath of the victim\’s family — the \”blood avenger\” — so long as he remained within the city of refuge. Only when the high priest of the city died could the killer return home.
Movsha Hoffman
Archie Barkan
August 7, 2003
For the past two and a half years, I have been the facilitator of a Yiddish reading class at Santa Monica Emeritus College. We are currently completing the reading in the Sholom Aleichem\’s classic, "Motl, Peyse dem Khazn\’s" ("Motl, Peyse the Cantor\’s Son").
Skinhead Attack in Beverlywood
Michael Aushenker
April 11, 2002
Four Caucasian men, appearing to be neo-Nazi skinheads, attacked three Jewish high school boys last Shabbat shortly after midnight in Beverlywood.\n\nThe three observant students, in their midteens and wearing kippot, were walking through the quiet neighborhood on April 6, when a dark-colored car containing four men pulled up, according to a police report. Two of the men emerged from the car shouting slurs such as \”Heil Hitler\” and attacked the Jewish teens.\n\nOne of the Jewish boys escaped, while the other two, both 17, were beaten, despite their efforts to fend off their assailants, according to one of the victims. The Jewish boys were punched and kicked. One of the boys was held down, and the assailants shouted slurs, calling the boy \”a dirty kike.\” No weapons were involved in the incident. At the parents\’ request, the names of the Jewish teens have been withheld.\n\n
Yomtov Pleads Guilty
Wendy J. Madnick
February 7, 2002
Teacher Mordechai Yomtov stood sobbing in his orange prison jumpsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court as he pleaded guilty to two counts of committing continuous sexual abuse on a minor and one count of lewd act on a minor.
Tragedy or Exploitation?
Helen Schary Motro
March 1, 2001
The photograph of the Palestinian father cradling his terrified son moments before the boy was killed in Gaza this fall was viewed live on television and reproduced on the front pages of newspapers around the globe. Like the photograph of the boy with hands raised standing in the Warsaw Ghetto, nobody who saw desperate Jamal Al-Durrah vainly trying to shield 12-year-old Mohammed can ever forget the terror in their eyes.
What a $230 Million Deal Means to You
Jewish Journal Staff
February 1, 2001
After last-minute negotiating, Austria, the United States and Jewish groups signed an agreement two weeks ago under which Austria agreed to pay $210 million, plus about $20 million in interest, to cover victims\’ property claims and unpaid insurance polices. The government also will pay an estimated $100 million in social welfare benefits to Austrian Jews.
Waging Peace
Wendy J. Madnick
August 17, 2000
In a small grove of trees on the campus of Pierce College in Woodland Hills this past Sunday, a group of government officials and concerned citizens gathered to honor the victims of hate crimes. About 300 people representing a cross-section of the diverse Los Angeles community attended the Unity Over Hate Rally, all braving the intense August sun to share their support for peace, both locally and across the nation.The rally\’s main focus was to commemorate the events of Aug. 10, 1999. The families of those wounded that day in the shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and of Joseph Ileto, the Filipino-American postal worker gunned down by the same alleged perpetrator, came up to the podium and tried to bring meaning to their personal tragedies. Alongside the stage stood a poster of Ileto, with his first name used as an acronym for Join Our Struggle [to] Educate [and] Prevent Hate.Ismael Ileto, Joseph\’s brother, gave the morning\’s most moving speech, noting that it had been a year of heavy losses for his family.
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