Terror in Israel; Jews of East L.A.; Absurd medical codes and more

Seven blogs you need to read right now. I want to talk to you about fear. The kind that paralyzes you when, in the midst of a working day, you hear ambulances from outside the window, and everyone's phone starts beeping with breaking news alerts about the latest stabbing.When terror is at your doorstep by Noga Gur-Arieh, IsraeLife 'East L.A. Interchange' A great new film about Jewish history in L.A. by Rabbi Robin Podolsky, Erev Rav Struck in the head by a rogue parrot? There's a code for that! by Albert Fuchs, M.D., Nice Jewish Doctor 5 ways to keep the spiritual momentum of the High Holidays by Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, Rabbi Yonah 50x50:  Losing 50 lbs by my 50th birthday by Ilana Angel, Keeping the Faith Physician, heal thyself by Harold Brackman, Brackman's History Matters Candidates avoid issues, talk 'fluff' instead by Susan Esther Barnes, Religious and Reform                  Copyright © 2015. All Rights Reserved. Forward this email This email was sent to phillipphillip787@gmail.com by news@jewishjournal.com |   Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | About our service provider. TRIBE Media Corp. | 3250 Wilshire Boulevard | Suite 1250 | Los Angeles | CA | 90010