When Ella Nahmias, who owns the kosher Israeli restaurant Holy Grill in Pico-Robertson with her husband Adiel, saw what was happening during the wildfires, she knew what they had to do: give back to the community. In an Instagram post on January 10, she announced that Holy Grill would be offering one free meal per […]
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The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo‘s sixth and final Mercury flyby, executed on January 8, 2025, successfully set the stage for its planned orbit insertion in late 2026. The ESA/JAXA mission skimmed just a few hundred kilometers above Mercury’s north pole, capturing close-up images revealing potentially icy, permanently shadowed craters and the expansive sunlit northern plains. […]
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The inept politicians who slashed fire department budgets and ignored warnings bear responsibility for engulfing our city in flames. Wildfires are still burning through my hometown of Los Angeles, displacing thousands of people and ruining billions of dollars of property. The two largest fires, in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton, near Pasadena, are already the most destructive […]
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The Time: 9 a.m., Wednesday, January 8 The Place: Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles, 8657 West Pico Boulevard The Occasion: Bris of baby boy Muchnik, son of Rabbi Eli and Bassie Muchnik, founders of Chabad of Picfair Village The tables were set, delicious food was laid out, and the crowd gathered to welcome yet another […]
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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup January 4 – January 10, 2025 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli AI Startup Fermata Revolutionizes Agriculture with Computer Vision TechnologyFermata, an Israeli aggrotech startup which specializes in computer vision-based solutions for the agriculture industry, raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Raw Ventures. Founded […]
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To better understand how Earth is shielded from solar radiation, NASA is sending LEXI, the Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager to the Moon as part of its Artemis campaign to capture the first global images of the planet’s magnetic field. Imagine a camera on the Moon, focused back on Earth, capturing images of our planet’s […]
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Emek Hebrew Academy has set up a Crisis Center at their Magnolia Building to provide much needed aid to families in Pasadena and Pacific Palisades who have lost their homes in the devastating wildfires this week. Many have been displaced from their lifelong houses and are living in temporary locations such as hotels and friends […]
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Dear all, The fierce Santa Ana winds have fueled a number of devastating fires throughout the Los Angeles area. I am remember of a passage from the book of 1 Kings about the prophet, Elijah: “Come out,” God called, “and stand on the mountain before GOD.” And lo, GOD passed by. There was a great and […]
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Urban sprawl is more than an eyesore—it may hinder upward mobility for low-income residents and perpetuate racial inequality, according to recent studies led by a geographer from the University of Utah. One study, co-authored with a former economics graduate student from the university’s College of Social & Behavioral Science, analyzed Census tract data and revealed […]
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Following a Wall Street Journal report that some Credit Suisse accounts (acquired by UBS in 2023) with Nazi ties were not disclosed in previous investigations, UBS (UBSG.S) announced on Saturday that it is cooperating with an independent ombudsman to investigate these accounts. The most recent investigation was led by Neil Barofsky, a former federal prosecutor […]
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