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News How to make an ‘A+ human being’: Q & A with Bruce Powell and Ron Wolfson
In their new book, “Raising A+ Human Beings: Crafting a Jewish School Culture of Academic Excellence and AP Kindness,” Dr. Bruce Powell and Dr. Ron Wolfson explore the unique benefits of a learning environment fueled by Jewish values. I experienced the results firsthand, as a former student of de Toledo High School, which Dr. Powell…
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News How a Jewish treatment center created community during the pandemic
A year into the pandemic, every organization has its COVID-19 pivot stories, but some had to pivot harder than others. At Beit T’Shuvah — the Los Angeles-based treatment center that uses a comprehensive program of Jewish spirituality, psychotherapy, and the 12-Steps of recovery – the robust in-person community was always a core part of the…
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News 104-year-old Iranian Jew was gathering tools for his garden when attacked by killer
Youssef Mahboubian was in his home garage gathering tools for his backyard garden when his murderer struck. The 104 year-old Iranian Jewish immigrant was in strong physical shape and regulalrly tended to his garden at his large Encino, California home, his nephew Sam Shakib told the Forward. Mahboubian’s home is located on a quiet cul-de-sac…
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News Suspected killer just ‘flipped out’ before killing 104 year-old L.A. Iranian Jewish man
Los Angeles police are investigating the mental health of the suspect in the brutal bludgeoning murder of 104 year-old Youssef Mahboubian. “In my opinion, he snapped that day,” Detective Steve Castro of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Bureau homicide division told the Forward. “He flipped out.” The suspect, 47-year-old Adam Dimmerman, =was arrested on…
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News Suspect but no motive in brutal killing of 104 year-old Youssef Mahboubian
Los Angeles police have no motive for the brutal slaying of 104 year-old Youssef Mahboubian, discovered in his Encino, California home on March 18, bludgeoned to death by a suspect armed with an axe and a knife. Mahboubian was a beloved father and grandfather whose family is active in the Los Angeles Jewish community. Los…
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News Gerri Miller, whose journalism embraced heavy metal and Jewish culture, dies
Gerri Miller, an entertainment, music and lifestyle journalist who made the unlikely leap from heavy metal reporting to Jewish journalism, passed away on March 14 in Los Angeles following a six-month battle with cancer. She was 67. Born on March 3, 1954 in Howard Beach, New York to Norman and Randy Miller, Miller went to…
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News UCLA anti-Israel resolution reveals rift among students
The undergraduate student-government organization at University of California, Los Angeles has unanimously passed a resolution calling on the UC system to divest from companies that allegedly profit off the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories, prompting UCLA pro-Israel groups to issue a statement saying they were left in the dark about the resolution’s true, anti-Israel…
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News Want to ruin a date? Bring up Israel.
More personal than American politics and more sensitive than religious observance, Israeli politics can make for a potent cocktail
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