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Sharon Schatz Rosenthal

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal

Tzedakah With Toys

November 13, 2003

When 5-year-old Ariela Weintraub learned about the recent Southern California fires during a family dinner discussion, she was worried. The Santa Monica resident asked her mother, Susan Weintraub, \”Mommy, do you think the children who lived in those burning houses lost their toys?\”

Her mother told her yes, and the youngster ran to her room and returned with a big white teddy bear. To her parents\’ surprise and delight, Ariela announced that she wanted to donate her cherished stuffed animal to a child who lost his or her own toys in the fires.

When Susan Weintraub told her daughter\’s story to Rabbi Karmi Gross, the principal of Maimonides Academy in Los Angeles, which is attended by Ariela and her older sister, the 5-year-old\’s generosity inspired a school toy drive for local children affected by the fires.

Hebrew, Anyone?

November 6, 2003

you thought Hebrew school was just for bar and bat mitzvah students, think again. This fall, tens of thousands of Jews around the United States and Canada are learning to read and write Hebrew through Read Hebrew America/Canada. The campaign, which is made possible by the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP), a New York-based organization that provides Jewish educational opportunities, is now offering its annual free Hebrew crash course in Los Angeles and other cities across the country during the month of November.

\”Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people, yet in America we don\’t know if more than 20 or 25 percent of Jews can read it,\” said Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum, NJOP\’s program director.

Tzedakah-Giving On A Budget

October 16, 2003

Last year, Malka Nutkiewicz and her friend, both students at Emek Hebrew Academy in Sherman Oaks, raised more than $1,000 for Camp Simcha, a kosher summer camp for youngsters with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses in Glen Spey, N.Y. During the 2002-2003 school year, the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls at Emek raised more than $25,000 for their pet cause. Because of Nutkiewicz\’s passion for the charity, which is a flagship program of Chai Lifeline — a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Jewish children with serious illnesses — Nutkiewicz was selected to co-chair the campaign this year

Pencils Ready? Let the Stress Begin

October 16, 2003

After working with two private tutors last fall, Aliza J. Sokolow took the SAT college entrance exam in January. Devastated by her test results, the Milken Community High School junior studied on her own and took the test again in April.

\”My scores went up insanely and I was beyond happy with them,\” said the 17-year-old, who is now a senior. So, why is Sokolow taking the college entrance exam a third time this month?

Students Seek Forgiveness, Too

October 2, 2003

Adults aren\’t the only ones planning to ask God for forgiveness during the High Holidays. As the Day of Atonement approaches, youngsters around Los Angeles are already contemplating the mistakes they\’ve made over the past year. Here is what eight young Angelenos plan to repent for during Yom Kippur.

Facing the Holidays Without a Mate

September 18, 2003

Since losing her husband unexpectedly two years ago, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have been painful for Liz Safirstein Leshin, 42.

\”For me, the High Holidays and a lot of things like birthdays are very fraught,\” the Westside resident said. \”I haven\’t been able to feel enthusiastic about much of anything spiritual.\”

Camp Helps Teens Strengthen Identity

August 21, 2003

When I grew up in the outskirts of Philadelphia in the early 1980s, going to a Jewish overnight camp meant spending eight weeks in the Poconos with a bunch of pampered girls with last names like Greenberg, Cohen and Leibman

Student Opts for Cross Cultural Study

August 21, 2003

Like other 18-year-olds around the country, Aaron Canter graduated high school this past June. But unlike most Jewish students, Canter attended a Mass in celebration of his impending graduation. From the sixth though 12th grades, the Northridge teen attended Chaminade College Preparatory, a Catholic school in West Hills.

Emotional Bond Revs Up Reading

August 21, 2003

Isabella Van Etten, 3, began her journey of learning to read before she was even born. \”I got a book when I was pregnant called \’Oh Baby, the Places You\’ll Go: A Book to Be Read in Utero,\’\” recalled the child\’s mother, Celeste Russi of Newbury Park.

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