Creative Expressions of Jewishness
This month, the Yiddish Book Center will launch a new program called Tent: Encounters With Jewish Culture, which is based on the belief that “modern culture can inspire us to think imaginatively …
Author: dheller
LA Dreamers: Our African-American Pioneers
Reverend Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray has been featured in a KTLA broadcast that profiles his work in the Southern California community since the 1992 L.A riots. An excerpt from the piece: “Reverend Cecil …
California County Profiles
The following listings include racial demographics and statistics on minority faith congregations for California counties. To view the information, click on the county name. Alameda County Alameda County: Population: 1,510,271 (2010) Race …
Syria stains the world’s conscience
This commentary was originally published in The Financial Times. When Libya’s Muammer Gaddafi threatened to go street to street and house to house to snuff out his opponents, Barack Obama addressed Americans …
Religion and Conflict in Nigeria: Learning to Play Well With Others
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Religion. “On a brilliantly sunny Monday morning at the start of the rainy season, a couple of dozen young men gathered for a game of …
Whitlock: Black History Month, Our Story
This post originally appeared in the Orange County Register. “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” —Marcus Garvey We all have …
Crying for a Fallen Cardinal: Mahony and the Sex Abuse Crisis
I have followed the news of Cardinal Roger Mahony with great sadness. Though he did not commit abuse, he covered up the abuse of others and, thereby, allowed it to continue. I …
How Megan Fox Got the Holy Spirit
This commentary was originally published in The Wall Street Journal. In an interview with Esquire that is generating a surprising amount of buzz—and not just because she appears on the magazine’s cover …
L.A.’s First Jewish Mayor?
Since the mid 1950s Los Angeles has been the second largest Jewish community in the United States, but has never had a Jewish mayor. New York, by contrast, elected its first Jewish …
Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage
The Obama administration has proposed a compromise over the mandated coverage of contraceptives in the Affordable Healthcare Act that was approved by Congress in 2012. Officials state that the proposed mandate will …