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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Anthony Weiss

Wilshire Boulevard Temple's new campus will take up an entire block. (Courtesy of Wilshire Boulevard Temple/JTA)
April 29, 2015, 4:25 pm
LA Reform synagogue’s renovation rejuvenates neighborhood
Koreatown’s Wilshire Boulevard Temple expansion project takes a decade and nearly $200 million
By Anthony Weiss
Craig Taubman with Normalika Chishti, a member of the Women's Mosque of America. (Anthony Weiss/JTA)
April 5, 2015, 5:51 pm
Repurposed synagogue hosts women’s mosque, some Jewish prayer
At a historic LA shul, songwriter Craig Taubman pushes interfaith harmony and urban renewal in his Pico Union Project
By Anthony Weiss
Ruth Porat, who will join Google as its chief financial officer, with the former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, and former House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank at a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, March 2, 2015. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JTA)
March 25, 2015, 9:50 pm
New Google CFO Ruth Porat’s family a mirror of American Jewry
Physicist father Dan Porat, who saw Hitler enter Austria, fought in Israel’s War of Independence, but moved the family abroad in fear of their safety
By Anthony Weiss
The Hillel student board at Swarthmore College in 2013-14, when Swarthmore became the site of the nation's first Open Hillel. (Courtesy Sarah Revesz/JTA)
March 20, 2015, 3:24 pm
Is Hillel serving donors, or students, with its Israel stance?
Supporters say the campus umbrella organization’s right-ward shift keeps pace with American Jewry
By Anthony Weiss
Theo and Sonia Marie Leikam are opening a community-supported kosher brewery in their Portland backyard. (Anthony Weiss/JTA)
March 16, 2015, 3:10 pm
Kosher kegs to hit Beervana’s Jewish community
Portland’s Leikam Brewing to become first certified kosher, community-supported subscription nanobrewery
By Anthony Weiss
Jason Isaacs stars as Peter Connelly in the USA Network show 'Dig,' which was partially filmed in Jerusalem (NBC Universal/JTA)
March 12, 2015, 12:37 am
Part-filmed in Israel, TV series ‘Dig’ travels far, but not deep
Tired tropes of apocalyptic religious extremists stymie NBC Universal show’s talent, including the Israeli behind ‘Homeland’
By Anthony Weiss
Johanna Borkan, pictured here, found the Jewish community she sought in Portland by partnering with Yael Podebski to create Havdallah Yoga. (Justin Bailie Photography/JTA)
March 8, 2015, 4:10 am
Is a new Jewish Portland rising in the east?
After decades in which Jewish life was concentrated on the city’s west side, a new, grassroots-oriented brand of Judaism is taking shape east of the Willamette River
By Anthony Weiss
O’Neal McKnight and Miriam Sternoff in the Lifetime show “Kosher Soul.” (photo credit: Richard Knapp/Lifetime/JTA)
February 28, 2015, 5:41 am
Stereotyping in TV’s ‘Kosher Soul’ amuses some, infuriates others
New reality show featuring African American-Jewish couple ruffles feathers of many, particularly black Jews
By Anthony Weiss
Screen capture from the Israeli movie 'Aya'. (screen capture:YouTube/Oded Binnun)
February 21, 2015, 10:48 am
For ‘Aya,’ a long journey from Israel to Sunday’s Oscars
Short film by Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun focuses on human connections, steers clear of politics and war
By Anthony Weiss
Gary Shteyngart’s 'Super Sad True Love Story' is going to be adapted for television by Ben Stiller. (photo credit: Brigitte Lacombe/JTA)
February 20, 2015, 11:46 pm
Gary Shteyngart’s new TV romance
Eccentric author’s ‘Super Sad True Love Story’ to be adapted into television series by Ben Stiller
By Anthony Weiss
February 20, 2015, 3:22 am
Hair metal homage to LA’s delis
Comedian Nick Kroll films a tribute to Los Angeles’s Jewish eateries straight out of the 1980s
By Anthony Weiss
Diners at Salt Lake City's 9th South Deli, which has seen increasing competition since its 2011 opening. (Anthony Weiss/JTA)
February 14, 2015, 6:02 am
A Mormon Reuben worshipper builds a temple in Salt Lake
Randy Harmsen first sampled deli food as a teenager in 1963 at a Dutch-born Holocaust survivor’s delicatessen. It was love at first bite
By Anthony Weiss
Times of Israel Gala
February 11, 2015, 3:57 pm
Times of Israel Gala tells Israel’s story in NY
Shimon Peres, Iron Dome’s Danny Gold, Bar Refaeli and other luminaries at Sunday charity event that marks online newspaper’s third anniversary
By Anthony Weiss and JTA
In their dorm kitchen, Advance LA residents cook together. (Help Group/JTA)
February 11, 2015, 9:15 am
Youth learn to spread their wings, a millimeter at a time
Advance LA, a program based at American Jewish University, helps young adults with disabilities transition to independent living
By Anthony Weiss
Jonathan Gold shown in 'City of Gold' digging into a Poseidon Tostada from the Mariscos Jalisco taco truck in Los Angeles. (JTA)
February 9, 2015, 3:09 am
‘City of Gold’ captures flavor of Los Angeles
Documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold a dual portrait of the writer and the city he loves
By Anthony Weiss
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