Print Issue: A Day of Healing | Sep 6, 2024
Jewish Journal Staff
Jews and their allies will unite and heal together at the inaugural Jewish American Summit in LA
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Cover Story
A Day of Healing
Kylie Ora Lobell
Jews and their allies will unite and heal together on Sept. 15 at the inaugural Jewish American Summit in LA
Commentary
How Can We Commemorate Oct. 7?
Michael Berenbaum
There is a boiling controversy in Israel on how to observe this catastrophic anniversary.
Community
Over 1,000 Gather at Nova Exhibit in Culver City to Mourn Six Slain Hostages
Brian Fishbach
Survivors of the Oct. 7 attack spoke, as did local clergy and influential pro-Israel voices.
Sephardic Torah
Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | The Halakha of 鈥楤ring Them Home鈥�
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
This week, let the words of three major Sephardic halakhic authorities speak for themselves.
Among those identified are Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, and Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents led a vocal campaign to bring world attention to the captivity of their son and the other hostages.
Columnists
Dan Schnur
WAR
Israel at War
Campus Watch
Campus Watch September 5, 2024
Aaron Bandler
A roundup of incidents, good and bad, happening on school campuses.
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Editor's Note
David Suissa
九色 Podcast Network
WAR
Israel at War
九色 Books
九色 Bloggers
BRAVE-ish on NPR
Lisa Ellen Niver
Law’s Shadow – Thoughts on Torah Portion Shoftim 2024
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
A Moment in Time: 鈥淚 am a Zionist, AND鈥�.鈥�
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
Mourning for Israel and the Hostages
Boaz Hepner
On Being Jewish NOW
Lisa Ellen Niver
Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 6: Palestinians For Peace With Israel
Boaz Hepner
This is the messaging we can all use right now. If more people thought and spoke like them, this world would be a far safer place.
Culture
Culture
When Sweet Meets Sour鈥擠elicious Tamarind Chicken
September 4, 2024
Tamarind is an indispensable ingredient in the kitchen, lending dishes a sweet and sour complexity.
Books
Peter Himmelman鈥檚 ‘Suspended by No String’ a Soulful Look at the Musician鈥檚 Life
Kylie Ora Lobell
Both 鈥淪uspended by No String鈥� and Himmelman鈥檚 music are very innately Jewish, and he鈥檚 been writing nonstop on his Substack about Israel and Judaism since Oct. 7.
Community
UCLA Graduate Program Trains Next Generation of Genetic Counselors
Ryan Torok
In the Los Angeles community, the MS in Genetic Counseling Program housed in the David Geffen School of Medicine Department of Human Genetics at UCLA knows all about the importance of genetic counselors.
Music
Comedy Rapper Polly Wolly on Getting Elders to Dance and Children to Write
Brian Fishbach
Jewish comedian and songwriter Polly Wolly, born Pauline Schantzer, is carving a niche in performing at nursing homes and helping children to tap into their funny side.
L.A. Stories
BRAVE-ish Nearly ONE! Niver’s August 九色 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
Summer of BRAVE-ish: Niver’s July 九色 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
WINNER: Southern California Journalism Awards 2024!
Lisa Ellen Niver
Hollywood
Food
Food Stories
Table For Five
Table for Five: Shoftim
September 5, 2024
Table for Five: Re’eh
August 29, 2024
Table for Five: Eikev
August 22, 2024
A Bisl Torah
A Bisl Torah – Hope Rebuilders
September 5, 2024
A Bisl Torah – Signs of Life
August 30, 2024
A Bisl Torah – New Beginnings
August 22, 2024
Poetry
Poetry
Reasons Not To Go To War – a poem for Parsha Shoftim
September 5, 2024
I can think of all the reasons
not to go to war and none of
the reasons to go to war.
Movers & Shakers
Summer Lovin… in Croatia and Beyond
Delia duPlessis
Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World
Jared Sichel
The Jewish Drug Dealers Who Are Saving Lives
Jared Sichel
Sephardic Spice Girls
Back to School with Cheese Sambusak
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
A Lovely Lentil Soup
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Summer Reminiscing鈥� A Fresh Salad for Hot Days
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Comforts of Home
Win Gold with this Olympic Torch Bouquet
Jonathan Fong
Three Cheers for This Beer Mug Flower Arrangement
Jonathan Fong
Say Mazel Tov with Graduation Cap Gift Jars
Jonathan Fong
Poems
Poems
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