The last in a long line of Jewish werewolves disappeared when \”Buffy the Vampire Slayer,\” said goodbye to Oz. He left the show explaining that he had to go off to learn how to \”control the wolf within.\” With this, a 60-year-long thematic liaison between Jews and werewolves ended.
I check in periodically with David Tokofsky, who has represented the Eastside on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) since 1995, just to find out how long it takes to stop being considered an outsider.
For a Jewish boy on the Eastside, the answer is: more than two terms. Even now, despite winning two elections, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) has made him the target of redistricting, to insure that the next time out, someone with a Latino surname gets the job.
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