Yom Kippur

Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria

2013-05-19 09:48:00

JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...

Another Watergate gap

2013-03-01 00:00:00

The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened a new exhibit in Yorba Linda and online Feb. 15, "Patriot, President, Peacemaker." It covers Richard Nixon's entire life, like the permanent installation there, and claims to present "a fuller picture" than...

Can you say 'I'm sorry'?

2012-12-11 00:00:00

Maybe love means never having to say you're sorry, but what about when love isn't involved? Say, when you've described the president using a derogatory slur for someone with a mental disability, as Ann Coulter did in October. Or when you're the...

Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria

2012-11-11 06:14:06

Man About Town: American perfection: Autumn in a Midwestern college town

2012-10-06 00:00:00

Prediction: I will one day be decapiated by a small woman (probably my own wife) with a giant carry-on who, in trying to stuff a ridiculously oversized piece of furniture into an overhead Delta bin, drops it on my noggin as I sit in my aisle seat,...

Gov. Jerry Brown tweets that he signed social media privacy bills

2012-09-27 10:32:23

Jerry Brown OKs bills to expand renewable energy in California

2012-09-27 12:02:26

In search of 'Jewish Jocks'

2012-11-16 08:00:00

Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...

Los Angeles: What to see, where to eat and stay

2011-10-30 00:00:00

WHERE TO STAY Farmer's Daughter, 115 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles 90036; (800) 334-1658 or (323) 937-3930, http://www.farmersdaughterhotel.com. 66 rooms. Doubles, $189-$269, more for the three suites. Adjoins Tart restaurant. London West Hollywood...

Rarely heard Yom Kippur music by Schoenberg set for new release

2011-10-07 07:31:14

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Football: Loyola plays Valencia on a Saturday night

2011-10-08 16:36:52

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Football: A Yom Kippur dilemma

2011-09-27 16:36:38

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Visible from left are, Will Walburger, 9, of Canton, Anselm Peters, 7, of Avon, and Leo Menchetti, 11, also of Avon. Also in the group but obscured from view are Nev Patterson, 6, of Simsbury, Anselm's sister Ingrid Peters, 10, and Eric Wilken, 8, of Avon.

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform the Kaparot ceremony ahead of Yom Kippur in Jerusalem, Israel. The Jewish ritual is supposed to transfer the sins of the past year to the chicken, and is performed before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, which this year

2012-09-23 00:00:00

"It's a time for new beginnings. For me, Yom Kippur is the most enjoyable. It makes you focus on your goal: recognize your sins and improving yourself. During the year, we don't focus on weaknesses. But when you're fasting, going to synagogue, breaking your normal routine, you focus on yourself.

2012-09-13 14:56:00