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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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• Maria Altmann, who recovered Nazi-looted paintings, dies

  February 9, 2011 6:50pm

  Maria Altmann, whose seven-year battle to recover her family’s Nazi-looted paintings riveted the art and legal worlds, has died.

• Jewish film contenders garner Oscar nominations

  January 25, 2011 10:12pm

  With “The King’s Speech” garnering 12 nods, royalty led the Oscar nomination parade, but Jewish contenders had their shining moments.

• Pearl’s real murderer was 9/11 mastermind, probe says

  January 21, 2011 1:43am

  Four men were wrongfully convicted of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl nine years ago, while the actual killer is the suspected mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks, a new investigation alleges.

• Israeli film fails to reach Oscar semis

  January 20, 2011 7:18pm

  Israel’s three-year streak of reaching the list of five finalists in the Oscar race for best foreign language film has ended.

• Jewish talent takes home Golden Globes

  January 17, 2011 6:24pm

  Jewish talent won some and lost some at the Golden Globe Award ceremonies, auguring a mixed outlook for the upcoming Oscar nominations.

• Alleged Israeli mobsters indicted in Los Angeles

  January 16, 2011 6:25pm

  Five alleged Israeli mob members pleaded not guilty to charges including murder in U.S. federal court in Los Angeles.

• Debbie Friedman remembered at funeral in words and song

  January 12, 2011 1:06pm

  Debbie Friedman was eulogized at her funeral by friends, rabbis and fellow musicians in words and through the songs she composed and sang.

• Jewish filmmakers do well in Golden Globe nominations

  December 27, 2010 10:21pm

  Jewish actors, directors and screenwriters have garnered prominent nominations for the 2011 Golden Globe Awards — a promising augury for the upcoming Oscar picks.

• Jewish Sports Hall of Fame calls 7

  December 9, 2010 12:03am

  A 19th century bare-knuckles pugilist and a pioneer women’s judo champion are among seven elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

• Theological expert: Lord’s Prayer ‘totally Jewish’

  November 14, 2010 8:25pm

  The Lord’s Prayer, widely considered to undergird the foundation of Christianity, “is utterly, totally, fully Jewish — there’s nothing in it that is particularly Christian,” a theological expert said.