It\’s not that Congregation Knesseth Israel is in the wrong part of town. It\’s that the tiny traditional congregation — located on Robertson about a mile from Pico — is just a bit too far south of just the right part of town.
Bennett Zimmerman, a buttoned-down investment fund manager by day, stood up at the end of an evening\’s conversation and removed his shirt to reveal a T-shirt with bold Hebrew letters spelling out Ha\’am im HaGolan — The People are with the Golan.
The major challenge for the UJF today is to raise the ante from the flat campaigns of the past few years, which have yielded about $40 million in annual contributions, Jake Farber said.
The Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Lenny Bruce, Jackie Mason, Woody Allen and, of course, Seinfeld. The history of American comedy is the history of America\’s funniest Jews.
Six California congressional representatives, two potential Los Angeles mayoral candidates, and several other elected officials joined the two senators at the Warner Center Marriot Hotel. \”It\’s All About Relationships,\” the daylong conference\’s appropriate title, focused on Jewish activist concerns — both Mideast and local.
A bubbie standing in front of the colorful mural on the Workman\’s Circle building in West Los Angeles. Shopkeepers on Fairfax Avenue. The Tel Aviv skyline lit by a thousand cars on a freeway at night.
Neighbors for a Safe Environment (NASE) is calling Breitburn to task over its proposal to increase production.
After a combined total of 69 years in the education field, gifted teachers Dr. George and Aviva Lebovitz have chosen to retire.
The independent voters in Venice, Torrance and San Pedro may determine the next Speaker of the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 2000.
