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Jewish Journal

West Hollywood’s poet laureate, for better and verse

Poet Kim Dower promotes the work of other writers at her business, Kim-from-L.A., but when she first heard about the opening for the position of West Hollywood’s city poet laureate, she said she hesitated before applying.

Obituaries: Week of Jan. 13, 2017

Jacqueline Beth Banchik died Dec. 28 at 73. Survived by husband Howard; daughter Anissa (Tim) Siegel; son Randy (Jannell); 6 grandchildren; sister Robyn (Michael) Altman. Mount Sinai

Michael Goldberg, educator, dies at 57

Michael Lewis Goldberg, associate professor in the University of Washington-Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, died Dec. 26 in Los Angeles.

U.S. college students learning coding in Israel

During winter semester break, 40 select college students from the United States are in Israel on TAVtech, a nonprofit coding and entrepreneurship fellowship connecting them to Israel’s startup scene while teaching them impactful skills and exposing them to cutting-edge technology.

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