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The Survivor Mitzvah Project

The Top Five Metal Albums Consisting Of Only One Track

Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, on Broadway

Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

He Sings! He Dances! He Went to Harvard!

Long, slow ... heavy metal songs​Slow-crawl stoner metal lovers rejoiced last year when Sleep reunited for their first U.S. tour since breaking up at the end of the '90s. The band's 2010 tour included a stop at last year's FYF Fest, where loyal fans were rewarded with a set exceeding all expec ... More >>

Fiery Theft at 'Temple Israel of Hollywood' Marks Second L.A. Synagogue Attack This April

Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

The Human Resources Manager

Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

PEN AND THE ART OF WRITING INSTRUMENTS

Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

Your Next Middle East Peace Envoy

Temple Israel of Hollywood​Suspected synagogue bomber Ron Hirsch may be behind bars after allegedly planting a homemade explosive device in the Chabad House of Santa Monica, but the scares continue to roll in for the vast Los Angeles Jewish community this month: The Temple Israel of Hollywood ... More >>

"The problem of Israel and her neighbors may take years to solve" & other astute observations from Let's Visit the Middle East

​ Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Let's Visit the Middle East Author: John C. Caldwell Date: 1966 Publisher:John Day Company, New York Di ... More >>

Fear Of A Latino District Appears To Fuel Haim Saban's Support Of Prop. 27, The Nov. Initiative That Would Reverse Redistricting Reform

​Los Angeles business journalist Mark Lacter takes a look at little-known Prop. 27, which would reverse reforms that took responsibility for redistricting away from state legislators and put it in the hands of a citizens' commission. Lacter notes that one of the reasons billionaire Angeleno ... More >>

Lebanon vs. Israel: World Record Set For Bowl Of Hummus

CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

HOORAY FOR HOLY LAND!

CNNworld record hummus​ It seems as if Lebanon and Israel have moved the battlefield to the kitchen. This past Saturday Lebanon set the world record for the largest bowl of hummus in the village of al-Fanar, near Beirut, surpassing the previous record set four months ago by Israel in the Arab ... More >>

Mayor Still Catching Flak Over Gaza

Today's L.A. Times reports that the city's Muslim community is continuing its criticism of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's high-profile support for Israel's invasion of Gaza. Representatives from Islamic groups say Villaraigosa's vocal endorsement for Israel's punishing assaults against Palestinian tar ... More >>

Gaza on Wilshire: Part 2

Today two implacable foes will fight over a barren strip of land that time seems to have forgotten. That would be, of course, the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that is home to the Israeli Consulate, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators will protest the Jewish state's invasion of Gaza -- and where, ac ... More >>

Return

Today two implacable foes will fight over a barren strip of land that time seems to have forgotten. That would be, of course, the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that is home to the Israeli Consulate, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators will protest the Jewish state's invasion of Gaza -- and where, ac ... More >>

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Middle man

The Bubble: Make Love, Not War

Twenty-something Tel Aviv hipsters live life, have sex, befriend the enemy

22nd Israel Film Festival

Twenty-something Tel Aviv hipsters live life, have sex, befriend the enemy

The T-Word

Coming out for Hizballah on the streets of L.A.

Holiday in Israel

Coming out for Hizballah on the streets of L.A.

Holistic Healer

Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

The Soldier

Israel takes Gidi Dar’s fundamentalist comedy to heart

Separate, Unequal — and Turned Away

What it’s like to be a Palestinian looking for a house in Jerusalem

Breathing While Black

Confessions of a 'post-Negro'

Freedom’s Rage

On the scene of Israel’s latest release of Palestinian prisoners

Visit Palestine

How an old tourism poster became a ubiquitous symbol of modern struggle

Rough Road, Messy Map

The all-too-human comedy of The Holy Land

Fences Make Bad Neighbors

Palestinians working on Israeli security barrier wonder, 'What road map?'

The Back Story

Let a hundred pipelines bloom

Unconventional Fear

Let a hundred pipelines bloom

Furor in Frisco

Left takes up cause of rabbi who had criticized anti-war group

Germany’s Trial Balloon

Anti-Semitism for political gain and profit

Truth Without Borders

Conversations with Grandpa about Israel and Palestine

A Family Divided

The challenge of Jewish peace groups to speak out

Just Saying No

Israeli soldiers vote with their feet

Boundaries Going Up

A layman’s (and statesman’s) guide to fencing in the Middle East

Hope's Passing

A layman’s (and statesman’s) guide to fencing in the Middle East

Keeping Score

Coping with split realities in Israel

5 Web Sites To Read, Hands Trembling, At 3 A.M.

Coping with split realities in Israel

War of Attrition

What people in Israel are thinking, in 600 words or less

The Deep End

First AIDS, now genocide . . . Diamanda Galás won’t lighten up

Divided We Stand

This is no time for unity on the left

Lessons From Israel

This is no time for unity on the left

Dread Again

This is no time for unity on the left

Welcome to El Al

This is no time for unity on the left

Out of the Past

Arabs and Jews revive their blood hatreds

Piecemeal Peace

Shifting politics end 14-year siege in Lebanon

Now It’s Barak’s Turn

Israel’s new prime minister plays no favorites in pressing peace agenda

Lost Generation

Israeli and Palestinian youth share bond