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BDE: Joseph Ciechanover, 90, OBM

Today, Joseph Ciechanover, a former General Counsel to Israel’s Defense Ministry and Head of Israel’s Defense Mission passed away. Although much of his work was largely unknown, Ciechanover played a major role in shaping Israel’s foreign relations and managing critical crises.

JLI: How I Went From Being a Gangster to a Religious Jew

Dr. Yehudah Pryce, DSW, MSW, is the senior director of national mental health and well-being programs at Defy Ventures and a psychotherapist at Beit T’Shuvah in Los Angeles, California. Raised in Los Angeles, he served 16 years for a teenage non-violent robbery. Since his release in 2018, he converted to Judaism, earned a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California, and works as a psychotherapist.