Egyptian Curriculum Details 1979 Treaty With Israel for the First Time
For the first time, a new Egyptian textbook describes the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, according to a report from Israel’s Army Radio. Details about the treaty, which includes a section about...
The Workmen’s Circle’s Yiddish classes to begin shortly
The Workmen’s Circle’s Yiddish classes begin next week!
In-person and live online classes feature an all-star lineup of teachers
including Avraham Lichtenbaum, Yitskhok Niborski, Shane Baker and Sheva
Zucker.
Courses offered for all levels. Click here for...
The Key to Bernie Sanders’s Appeal Isn’t Socialism. It’s Yiddish
At a rally last October, Remaz Abdelgader — a hijab-wearing Muslim, a senior at George Mason University and the daughter of Sudanese immigrants — stood to ask Bernie Sanders a question.
She started by referring...
After Antonin Scalia’s Death, What’s Next for the Supreme Court?
Justice Antonin Scalia is dead, and his passing is nothing less than a legal and political earthquake. It will have a huge impact, not only on the court's present term but on the course...
Latin American Education Is Struggling, Israel May Have the Answer
Four lessons learned to improve education in Latin America
Many of us in Latin America have searched for solutions to the massive educational hurdles plaguing our region. I found some of the answers in the Holy...
Cats Live Spa Life
If you are an animal lover, you will be happy if you stay at Rancho La Puerta, a Jewish owned spa retreat in Tecate, Mexico. Known affectionately as “the ranch” Deborah Szekely and her...
DANCING IN YIDDISH @ Congregation Beth Ohr
Friday, Feb 12, 2016, 6:30 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City
12355 Moorpark St., Studio City 91604
RSVP required. Call 818-773-3663. $10 Donation.
Congregation Beth Ohr is proud to present Karen Goodman’s talk Dancing in Yiddish. Learn...
Finding Heavenly Immortality In A Computer Screen
As modern technology has become an integral part of more and more activities in everyday human life, more and more people are no longer content with leaving a surrogate immortality when they die: a...
A New Raft of Ocean Heroes: Imperial Beah’s Major among 2016 Peter Benchley Ocean...
What does the president of a Pacific island Nation, a New York Times reporter, a French sailing expedition and the mayor of a small San Diego border town have in common? They are among...
A New Study of Eichmann and the Origins of Evil Shows Why Radicals Like...
Colaboration: Jaime Murrow
After 50 years of controversy, and many paperback editions, Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem has now been consigned to the dustbin of history. The final nail in the coffin of Arendt’s thesis is...