It was the morning of Monday, December 15. Just one day earlier, Jews had been massacred at a public Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia. Like every Jew, I was heartbroken. And I was scared. I was planning a Hanukkah party to take place the next night at Robertson Rec Center in Pico-Robertson, in […]
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Eli Sharabi recently visited Sinai Temple. He explained that when he and Almog Sarusi were forced to go down into the tunnels, Eli resisted, at first refusing to go underground. Hamas terrorists put a gun to his head. Eli realized that even through this horrific moment, he had a choice. Live or die. His message […]
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There is no greater condescension thanthe one we show to those whom we do not absolveof any errors that we learn they made before death turned them into history.The problems that they faced are ones that we with the simplicity of hindsight blithely solveas easily as murders that we read about in every murder mystery. […]
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Some places feel special the moment you arrive. Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World® Resort is one of them — a shimmering 26-acre retreat where elegance meets enchantment, and every moment feels like a celebration of Florida sunshine, culinary brilliance, and pure joy. Set along palm-lined Dream Tree Boulevard, the resort is a […]
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Increasingly, Sephardi and Mizrahi children are enrolling in Jewish day schools and camps in Los Angeles and New York. As a new study commissioned by the nonprofit JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, shows, these institutions are responding with inclusive programs – but there are still improvements to be made. According […]
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The Festival of Lights just plunged Australia, and its beleaguered Jewish community, into darkness Down Under. One thousand Aussies gathered on Bondi Beach for the lighting of the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah. An Israeli intelligence officer told Fox News that his Australian counterparts were on notice about the probability of a Hanukkah […]
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By Cari Uslan This year, as Hanukkah approaches, I keep returning to the image of a small flame holding its ground in a very dark room. A single, determined light that doesn’t pretend the darkness isn’t real, but refuses to be swallowed by it. The past year has left many in our community feeling unmoored. […]
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Visiting Rabbi Liora Alban and Rabbi Daniel Freedman in their Mid City home, it’s possible to believe they’re newlyweds, even though they’ve been married for four years and it’s been 11 and a half years since they met. “What’s special about being married to a rabbi,” Rabbi Freedman said, “is that we aren’t able to […]
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Rashi’s 11th-century commentary to the Torah is so central that it has almost merged with the text in our consciousness. Rabbi Shlomo Luria declared in the 16th century that Rashi’s work is the best “translation” of the text, and people should study it weekly alongside the parsha. And “Chumash-Rashi” (with the hyphen barely pronounced) was […]
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Not raped, but seduced, a sister became a cause that unloosed a battle of shame. No person escaped revenge, which is bad, though Dinah not raped: her lover a lad who loved her alas, not wisely or well, a lover, a lass, leading many to hell. Revenge may seem sweet when it acts as […]
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