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Younger Persians seeking greater role in community

Over the past decades, nearly two dozen local Iranian Jewish groups have been involved with political awareness efforts, but no group until now has seriously pursued or organized communitywide political and civic activism.

We don’t need more gabfests on diversity

Our communities\’ leadership has to absorb the reality that the next generation of open-minded young people sees diversity as a plus, not as a burden to be overcome.

Teens, college students make their presence known

Erika Levy and Alie Kussin-Shoptaw, seniors at New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, easily spotted in their bright orange volunteer vests, stood by the escalators at the Los Angeles Convention Center, greeting arriving United Jewish Communities General Assembly (GA) attendees and directing them to meeting rooms, halls and hospitality suites.

Federation Support of Civic Group Wanes

Critics say that starting in the mid-1990s, the JCRC slowly began losing its voice and shirked a core mission: to be as visible and forthrightly active as possible.

Competing Moments of Truth on Schools

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa\’s first state-of-the-city speech is likely to put bone and muscle on his school takeover pitch which, up till now, nearly a year into his term, has been theoretical and short on specifics. If Villaraigosa delivers what people all over town have been waiting for, a slew of interest groups will know where they stand and will begin to respond accordingly.

Young Moseses

Los Angeles hosted the national kickoff for LiveNetworks last weekend, bringing together about 75 of the program\’s 87 participants. Hailing from five regional \”hubs,\” the participants will meet about six times throughout the year in their hub location. In the process, they\’ll meet with local leaders and philanthropists, attend seminars and receive individual coaching and mentoring.

Uncertain Time for Likud in America

The official American Friends of Likud organization, in the midst of a California and national expansion drive, has come down solidly in support of Benjamin \”Bibi\” Netanyahu, the new head of the Likud Party.

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