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Jewish Population on Rise in South Bay
Julie Brown
September 29, 2005
Jewish life in the South Bay has been flourishing.
According the Jewish Federation/South Bay Council, the area is one of the fastest growing Jewish communities in California. From Westchester to San Pedro, the Jewish population has increased dramatically to an estimated 40,000, and there are numerous indicators that this trend will continue.
Robin Franko, director of the South Bay Council and a lifelong South Bay resident, says that the numbers speak volumes about the thriving community.
Teens Team Up for J-Serve
Julie M. Brown
May 5, 2005
Youngsters across the Southland and beyond banded together April 17 to participate in J-Serve 2005, the first-ever national day of service for Jewish teens. J-Serve, designed to correspond with Youth Service America\’s National Youth Service Day, offers Jewish teens a way to get involved in tikkun olam projects in their local communities.
Balancing Acts of Faith and Pork
Micah D. Halpern
July 22, 2004
The question: How Jewish vs. how democratic should the Jewish State of Israel actually be?
That was really the question before Israel\’s Supreme Court.
More than a legal question, it led to serious and heated debate. The answer would be a defining factor in the very nature of the state itself. It came to the fore as the court was asked to decide if three cities, Jerusalem included, could ban the selling of pork.
The ruling: That cities cannot outright forbid the sale of pork and should respect communities that are predominantly religious but may sell pork in other areas of the city.
Valley Is No Longer a Remote Outpost
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
July 15, 2004
I\’ve lived in two of the country\’s most ridiculed locales. I was born in New Jersey, the punch line of stand-up comics everywhere. Adding insult to injury, my family moved to the San Fernando Valley in the early \’70s. At that time, the Valley was perceived as the end of the earth — a place you\’d need a passport to visit, should you actually want to. Over time, the remaining farmland and orchards gave way to more strip malls and housing tracts, while the Valley retained its reputation as a place where nothing worthwhile happens.
Things change. I now live on the Westside. Hoboken is considered hip. And the San Fernando Valley, well, it\’s begun to resemble the Westside in ways both positive and negative.
Reflections on a Tragedy
Maryann J. Gray
July 15, 2004
For thousands of years, communities have wrestled with the question of how to treat accidental killers. The Book of Numbers (consistent with a shorter passage in Exodus) tells us that God instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to establish six cities of refuge to which accidental killers could flee. The accidental killer was to be protected from the wrath of the victim\’s family — the \”blood avenger\” — so long as he remained within the city of refuge. Only when the high priest of the city died could the killer return home.
Friends Found a World Away
Rabbi Arnold Rachlis
February 5, 2004
Every other year, our congregation travels to a different part of the Jewish world to meet and, if necessary, help our fellow Jews. Having traveled to Israel, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union many times, as well as Turkey, Morocco, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, our experiences have mostly been with communities under political, demographic or economic siege. This trip was different.
When It’s Federal Aid, Pork Isn’t Treif
Matthew E. Berger
January 15, 2004
Getting funding for a project takes massive time, energy and, often, money. Many Jewish communities send representatives to Washington to make the pitch directly to their lawmakers, as well as members of congressional appropriations committees. Some hire Washington lobbyists to make the necessary introductions for them.
Think Global, Cook Local
Judy Bart Kancigor
December 4, 2003
\”The Jewish Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Around the World\” by Clarissa Hyman (Interlink Books, $29.95)
Clarissa Hyman\’s new cookbook, \”The Jewish Kitchen,\” is alive with miracles — stories of Jewish life and war-torn Jewish communities, bringing with them their glorious history, rich culture and a cuisine passed through the generations, itself a story of miraculous survival.
This award-winning author crisscrossed the globe, visiting eight families in nine months, recording their stories and recipes.
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