Category Archives: Jewish Journal
The Sinai Story: 120 Years in One Night
I’ve driven by Sinai Temple in Westwood hundreds of times, and attended countless events, but never once have I asked myself: What came before this?I’ve always known the temple has been around for a while, but I have no idea how it started or how it evolved.We’re a people of stories and memory. Read more » »
Living as Jews in Latin America After Oct. 7
Antisemitism is a social illness that we Jews — in Latin America and around the world — have sadly learned to live with. We know that even when it appears dormant, it always remains latent, waiting for the right moment to resurface with force.Both of us have spent years monitoring and combating antisemitism in the region. Read more » »
Forty-three Jewish Orgs Call on Wikimedia to Reconsider Editors’ Decision on ADL
More than 40 Jewish organizations sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Board of Trustees expressing “concern and dismay” over Wikipedia editors’ recent actions to downgrade the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) reliability and urging the WMF to “to start the process for administrative reconsideration. Read more » »
Berkeley Professor Urges Israel to be Dismantled at German Event, Sparking Outrage
A series of virulent outbreaks of antisemitism at the German University of Tübingen, including a call from a University of California, Berkeley academic for the dissolution of Israel, triggered backlash from experts on Jew-hatred. Read more » »
Eight Days and Nights of Good News
The Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson commanded Jews to be joyful. By combatting brutally tough times with joy and happiness, we can spread light and defeat darkness. In the wake of the Oct. 7th, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, there has been plenty of pain. Yet this most recent Festival of Lights brought plenty of joyous occurrences. Read more » »
Why ‘Barbie’ and ‘Barbra’ Are Big Beautiful Books
Released in July, “Barbie” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is the highest grossing film of the year, selling $1.4 billion in tickets. Read more » »
What I Saw at the California Democratic Party Convention
The California Democratic Party (CDP) has long harbored anti-Israel and antisemitic extremists. I remember attending my first CDP Arab-American Caucus meeting during an early 1990s convention. Someone passed out copies of The Ugly Truth About the ADL, published by Lyndon LaRouche’s Executive Intelligence Review. Read more » »
Detroit Synagogue President Stabbed to Death on Shabbat
Samantha Woll, a 40-year-old Board President of a synagogue in Detroit, Michigan, was found dead this morning outside of her home. Detroit Police say that Woll was found on the 1300 Block of Joliet Place with multiple stab wounds and declared dead at the scene. Authorities report that there was a trail of blood from her body to her home. Read more » »
Jewish Nonprofit Coalition Urges BMG to Sever Ties with Roger Waters
A diverse coalition of 15 prominent Jewish nonprofit organizations released last week an open letter calling on Bertelsmann Music Group, one world’s largest media and publishing companies, to “reconsider” its relationship with Roger Waters, the Read more » »
The Bondi Bridge: Why an Australian Tragedy Demands a Global Response
Sydney is my second home. I got married there 25 years ago, and I have maintained deep business and family ties to the community ever since. But on a late December day, just before Sabbath, I wasn’t there for business. Read more » »