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State Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton, today led a Republican Party attack on Barack Obama???s scheduled visit Thursday to a synagogue in south Palm Beach County. Hasner, the Florida House majority leader, told reporters in a telephone conference call........

My uncle, the inventor Stanford R. Ovshinsky, died a month short of his 90th birthday which fell over this Thanksgiving holiday. He was my dad's older brother. They worked together their entire lives not so much for the money but to try and solve the...

I attended a lovely Bat Mitzvah service this past Saturday, which is always a momentous occasion, but particularly so in our small synagogue. The Bat Mitzvah girl read one of my favorite readings from the new Reform prayer book Mishkan T'filah, "Why Am...

Last week, we started a fresh year on the Jewish calendar, when the HighHoly Days started at sundown Wednesday with Rosh Hashana, the New Year of5768. More than 80 years ago, the year 5686 was proudly placed on the cornerstoneof first synagogue to be...

With the 2012 presidential election shaping out to be a tight race, the Jewish vote, is even more coveted than in past elections. The Election 2012 series, broadcast weekly on Jewish.TV, sets out to inform those voters and any others interested in the...

Shavuot celebrates the day that God gave the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai more than 3,300 years ago. Shavuot is a time when the Jewish people renew their acceptance of the Torah. The word Shavuot means “weeks” and marks the...

Saxophonist and clarinetist Steve Lugerner celebrates the release of "These Are the Words" at Royal/T in Culver City Wednesday night, half of a double-CD debut album that's based on verses from the Torah....

On Tuesday, June 7th at 7 pm, the members of Congregation Etz Chaim of DuPage County will encircle themselves in Torah—the sacred scrolls of the …...

The Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot seemed like a good opportunity for people to make a direct connection to a farm. So Wilderness Torah, a Bay area organization, organized a three-day celebration. "We are in a very profound time of......

Valley Torah, a Jewish school in Valley Village, has a big man to watch. Aaron Liberman, a 6-foot-8 junior, scored 38 points, had 16 rebounds and 11 blocked shots in his team's 69-48 victory over Calabasas Viewpoint. -- Eric Sondheimer...

Boys' Basketball SOUTHERN SECTION NONLEAGUE Alta Loma 71, Chaffey 36 Canyon Country Canyon 59, Knight 48 Desert Chapel 70, Marywood-Palm Valley 56 Eastside Christian 65, California Lutheran 44 Palm Springs 65, Twentynine Palms 45 Riverside Prep 67,...

Boys' Basketball SOUTHERN SECTION NONLEAGUE Atascadero 63, Templeton 33 Baptist Christian 66, Lake Arrowhead Christian 24 Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 61, Apple Valley Christian 49 Bloomington 59, Chaffey 46 Brethren Christian 53, Western Christian 44...