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Journal Staff

Journal Staff

Hadassah Encourages Women to ‘Check Out’ Program

Despite winning a $5,900 grant in December 2001 from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to present the program free to 2,000 students, Hadassah\’s Long Beach-Orange County chapter has, so far, found few takers.

SUV Ads Might Make Residents Squeamish

A new anti-oil television advertising campaign that is intended to needle the consciousness of fuel-guzzling SUV owners will be making a lot of local residents uncomfortable.

Beth David’s Sentimental Shabbat

Since the outpouring of Valentine\’s Day sentiment falls this year on Shabbat, Westminster\’s Temple Beth David intends to combine the two with a special sisterhood-led service that follows a dinner featuring recipes by food writer Sharon Boorstin.

Long Beach Rabbi Receives NCJW Award

For using his pulpit and pen to advocate for fair housing, civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam war, Rabbi Wolli Kaelter, a rabbi laureate of Long Beach\’s Temple Israel, will be the recipient of an award by the National Council of Jewish Women on Feb. 18.

Up Front

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) is on the lookout for teen athletes who want to compete in the 2003 JCC Maccabi Games, a week-long international Jewish youth summer games competition, to be held Aug. 8 through Aug. 15.

This year, 70 local athletes will be able to participate in games to be held in Houston and St. Louis, said Matt Lebovits, a Maccabi coordinator. This year\’s sports include boys basketball and soccer (for those 14 and under), boys and girls soccer (for those 16 and under), girls volleyball (16 and under), baseball, tennis, dance and swimming.

Funds Combat ‘Who Is a Jew’ Wars

In 1997, stimulated by the controversy over whether non-Orthodox converts would be registered as Jews by the Israeli government — the latest battle in the \”who is a Jew?\” wars — The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles began making funds available to what it calls \”pluralism\” projects. The projects are programs and activities aimed at stimulating religious pluralism and supporting \”alternative\” forms of Judaism in Israel, as well as increasing Jewish knowledge among Israel\’s secular population.

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