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is JTA's Los Angeles correspondent. A veteran journalist, he also writes for the Jerusalem Post, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal and the London Jewish Chronicle.

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• With ‘Jewish Journey,’ PBS traces 350 years of migrations

  March 1, 2015 2:28pm

  A new documentary from writer-director Andrew Goldberg, who has become public television’s semi-official Jewish chronicler, looks at what brought millions to America’s shores.

• Oscar nods go to Jewish talent, but Israel loses again

  February 23, 2015 2:51am

  “Ida,” a Holocaust-themed film directed by the grandson of an Auschwitz victim, won an Oscar, but an Israeli nominee again failed to bring home the treasured trophy.

• Five years in the making, ‘The Return’ takes new look at Polish Jewish revival

  January 21, 2015 5:02pm

  Told through the eyes of four young women, the documentary is the latest from writer-director Adam Zucker.

• Paris attacks loom over Golden Globes ceremony

  January 12, 2015 5:59am

  Jill Soloway’s “Transparent” — which has been called “the Jewiest Show Ever” — won for Best TV Series-Comedy.

• Los Angeles philanthropist Guilford Glazer dies

  December 26, 2014 11:23am

  Glazer was known for his support of Israeli universities, including Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and for his friendships with Israeli Prime Ministers David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu.

• Rabbi Leonard Beerman, known for political activism, dies

  December 25, 2014 7:43am

  Beerman grew the Leo Baeck Temple from 28 members when he arrived in 1949 into one of the most prominent synagogues in Los Angeles.

• Million-dollar ‘Chocolate Bar’: First-grade buddies raise seven figures for rare disease

  December 24, 2014 5:16pm

  Two young classmates at a Los Angeles Jewish day school raised $1 million to find a cure for Glycogen Storage Disease.

• Kindertransport documentary selected for permanent preservation

  December 21, 2014 6:30am

  The Oscar Award-winning film “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport” was among 25 films added to the National Film Registry for their historical, cultural or aesthetic importance.

• ‘Ida’ makes Oscars shortlist

  December 20, 2014 4:28pm

  The Israeli entry, ‘Gett,’ is out of the running, but a Polish film about a would-be nun who discovers her parents were killed in the Holocaust was among the nine foreign films that advanced in the Academy Awards race.

• Rabbi Harold Schulweis, pathbreaking thinker and activist, dies at 89

  December 18, 2014 3:40pm

  The Conservative rabbi’s influence extended well beyond his Los Angeles-area congregation.