Mixed Reaction
Tom Tugend
February 8, 2001
In an initial reaction Tuesday to Ariel Sharon\’s electoral victory, most Jewish leaders in Los Angeles pledged support to Israel\’s democratically elected leader.
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Amen Corner
Tom Tugend
February 8, 2001
If Israelis living in Los Angeles had been able to vote, Ariel Sharon would have won by about 80 percent, according to two knowledgeable Israelis on opposite sides of the political fence.
Zachary’s Legacy
Michael Aushenker
February 8, 2001
It\’s amazing what can happen in a year\’s time. Months ago, The Journal spotlighted Lily Rachel Kaufman, a 31-year-old jewelry designer making a splash in the fashion world with her Brighton Way showroom in Beverly Hills.
Young Hero Sets Example
Melissa Minkin
February 8, 2001
Nothing seemed unusual to sixth-grader Alexandra Coffey when she and nearly 300 classmates filed into the auditorium at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy last week.
‘L’Chayim Radio’ Silenced
Susanna Crosby Perrin
February 8, 2001
"I was thinking back to my childhood and the origins of my interest in Judaism," said Mel Wax, native of New York and longtime Los Angeles-area resident, "and it came from the Yiddish records my grandfather gave me."
Heschel West Trail Blazers Honored
Susanna Crosby Perrin
February 8, 2001
In the early 1990s, Drs. Bernard and Melanie Gero began to look toward the future for their young children.
Women of the Shoah
David Evanier
February 1, 2001
Seventy elementary, high school and middle school teachers, principals, counselors and psychologists gathered Jan. 18 at the Museum of the Holocaust for the first of four sessions in the Anti-Defamation League\’s (ADL) 18th Annual Teacher-Training Workshop on the Holocaust, titled \”Women in the Holocaust: Resisters to Perpetrators.\”
Open for Discussion
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
February 1, 2001
When Kelly Smith and Brian Bloch met at a convention in Long Beach in 1999, sparks flew. As they developed their long-distance relationship via e-mail — Brian at his computer in Houston, Kelly at hers in the Valley — they were astounded to find out how much they had in common.
Furrow: Guilty
Tom Tugend
February 1, 2001
Buford O. Furrow Jr. plead guilty Jan. 24 to seriously wounding five people during a shooting rampage at the North Valley Jewish Community Center (NVJCC) and to killing a Filipino American mail carrier.\n
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