NORCs have cropped up around the country, with an estimated 5,000 now dotting the U.S. As the population grays — an estimated 75 million Americans will be over 55 in 2010 — the number of NORCs is expected to jump, said Andrew Kochera, senior policy advisor at AARP in Washington.
Thousands of Israeli students are learning what it means to be good Jews.
On Sunday, Feb. 23, 800 volunteers from across the Southland will staff the phones from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to raise money for the Jewish
Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
For the past 60 years, the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA) has been the glue which, until recently, has kept area Jewish community centers largely flourishing. As the organization struggles to reinvent itself as a consulting business, some in the Jewish community said they have little intention of tapping the group for its services and wonder whether it should even continue to exist.
If the JCCGLA were to disband, supporters worry JCCs would lose their biggest support system and could eventually close their doors.
After graduating from UCLA nearly four decades ago with a degree in psychology, Gerald Zaslaw thought about becoming a parole officer. But after briefly working alongside one, he had a change of plans. Rather than police children, Zaslaw decided he wanted to help them.
The Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA), which last year nearly drowned amid a sea of red ink and allegations of mismanagement, wants to get out of the business of running major community centers after 60 years.
Mark Weinstein can barely contain his excitement. Standing on the roof of a historic downtown building in the heart of the Fashion District, the boyish-looking developer points to a group of surrounding structures, his voice rising with excitement.
Shlomo Eplboim sees green in the arid landscape that is Israel.
So confident is he of the Holy Land\’s future that the 30-year-old financial adviser has helped launch a new mutual fund that will invest solely in Israeli high-tech, health care, biotech and other companies.
Julie Hermelin wanted nothing more than to throw a great Chanukah party that would rival her friends\’ Christmas bashes.
Ari Engelberg has always taken a personal interest in those less fortunate than himself.
Whether tutoring third- and fourth-graders in math and English while at UC Berkeley or coaching an inner-city youth basketball team as a UCLA law student, Engelberg has long dedicated himself to tikkun olam, the Jewish mission of repairing and improving the world.
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