Miss Sixty founder dies
Jewish Journal
December 16, 2011
Wicky Hassan, a Libyan-born Italian Jew who founded the popular Miss Sixty fashion brand, has died in Rome.
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Stan Levy: The exact opposite of founder’s syndrome
Jonah Lowenfeld
November 9, 2011
Stan Levy, a lawyer with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, sat down with a journalist at the firm’s offices in West Los Angeles on a Monday afternoon earlier this month. At one point during the conversation, Levy threw out a few favorite quotations, one of which concerned the difference between the law and justice.
Q & A With Andy Lipkis
Harry Wiland
November 6, 2003
Andy Lipkis is founder and president of TreePeople, a nonprofit agency that has pioneered efforts at urban reforestation and creating a \”sustainable city.\” Documentarian Harry Wiland sat with Lipkis to talk about the impact of the Southern California wildfires and our possible responses to them.
Restoration’s Silver Lining
Rachel Brand
October 23, 2003
Silversmith David Friedman has the unique ability to trace the origin of almost every antique that comes across his desk.
Community Scholar
Andrea Adelson
January 17, 2002
Driven by a personal desire for intellectual growth, Arie Katz set out last year to attract to Orange County the sort of eminent Jewish scholars that few synagogues can afford to woo on their own. With little more than his own chutzpah and considerable networking skills, the Newport Beach attorney won support and financial backing from the area\’s most influential Jewish agencies to establish a community scholar-in-residence program. Its first event, at 7 p.m. Jan. 28, will kick off at the Jewish Federation Campus in Costa Mesa with the arrival of Avigdor Shinan, an Israeli professor and author.
Tuning In
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
April 12, 2001
As founder and chair of Westwood One, the biggest radio network in the country, Norman J. Pattiz has an impact on what\’s carried over the airwaves in the United States and beyond. Now that he is a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, he has an even greater voice in international broadcasting.
Honoring Dedication
Susanna Crosby Perrin
January 18, 2001
Shirley Levine is a woman with many admirers. She was the founding principal of both Abraham Joshua Heschel Day Schools in Northridge and Agoura and has been dedicated to their success for more than 25 years. Just speak with one of the many parents whose children attend one of the Heschel schools and he or she will be quick to list her talents.
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