West Coast Chabad celebrates 50 years with annual telethon
It’s become Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin’s token slogan: “Call the music! Call the tote!”
It’s become Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin’s token slogan: “Call the music! Call the tote!”
Hollywood stars and dancing rabbis came together for the 32nd annual Chabad “To Life” Telethon on Sept. 9. Held for the first time at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, the high-profile fundraiser raised approximately $4 million for Chabad of California.
For the first time in 45 years, Jerry Lewis will not be pleading for donations in front of a camera Labor Day weekend after he was abruptly dismissed as the host of the Muscular Dystrophy Assn.\’s telethon…
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is asking community members to give time and elbow grease in addition to what’s in their pockets.
Concern about security at services and how to fund it persists among at least some of the small synagogues, which will now need to reallocate resources or decide to go without.
While taking violin lessons at The Juilliard School, Wise became interested in musical theater. He has since followed two paths in that field — as a creative producer, responsible for some projects from conception to staging, and as an international presenter of successful Broadway shows.
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This year\’s 26th annual Chabad \”To Life\” telethon on Sept. 10 hopes to offer some real laughs, with host entertainer Shelley Berman (whose credits stretch from \”The Ed Sullivan Show\” to \”Curb Your Enthusiasm\” and \”Boston Legal\”) and co-host comedian Elon Gold (\”Stacked,\” \”The In-Laws\”).
When John Ostlund was 33, a judge offered him a choice: Quit heroin or lose your 3-year-old daughter.