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Mike Levy

Mike Levy

Rescuing the VCJCC

At the Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, the metaphors were dire. "This is like a horrible accident, and we\’re the paramedics," Mike Brezner told an advisory committee meeting on Monday night.

Who’s on Second?

For the first time since 1971, the City Council\’s 2nd District will elect a new representative. The winner of the Dec. 11 election will fill the seat of Joel Wachs, who left the position in October to head an arts foundation in New York.

Classical Klezmer

What do you do when your symphony season hinges on a theme of celebration, but your country is still reeling from terrorism?

Those Who Will Suffer

Forgive Lee Wallach if he sounds like a commercial for the organized Jewish community. Wallach says he owes his life to the Los Angeles Jewish community, and he is worried that the current economic downturn might endanger the service programs that guided him from an orphanage to a successful — and Jewish — life.

Man of the Book

Steve Wasserman is the literary editor of the Los Angeles Times. A former Berkeley political activist, Wasserman became deputy editor of the Times\’ Op-Ed page in 1978, at the age of 26. He went on to become editorial director of Times Books, a Random House imprint in New York. In 1996, Wasserman returned to California to take over the Los Angeles Times Book Review. The Journal spoke with Wasserman before his speech this week at the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles on the topic \”People of the Book: Jewish Citizenship in the Republic of Letters.\”

Was Hitler Gay?

With more than 100,000 books and scholarly articles over the last 50 years, you might think we know all we need to know about Adolph Hitler. At least, everything relevant.

Just the Right Size

This is a heartwarming story about a kidney.

The kidney in question belongs to Mike Jones. It used to belong to Patricia Abdullah.

Jones and Abdullah have very little, apparently, in common. Jones is an African American man. Abdullah is a female descendant of the Hawaiian royal family. Jones is Christian. Abdullah is Muslim. Jones lives in the city. Abdullah lives in the Valley.

They\’re a perfect match. Sometimes you just have to stay positive. O-positive.

Spiritual Redevelopment

Cantor Mark Saltzman spent Sunday, Oct. 28 wearing a smile that could solve California\’s energy crisis.

House Work

Los Angeles\’ five Jewish members in the House of Representatives hold a number of important committee and subcommittee leadership roles integral to guiding the war on terror. The Jewish Journal went to the source to find out what Americans can expect, as security challenges at home and abroad add stress to our daily lives and our political relationship with Israel.

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