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Flawed Methodology

You don\’t have to be a rocket scientist to see why the Orthodox were seriously undercounted.

Reinhard’s Vision

Prof. Kenneth Reinhard, the newly appointed director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, is upbeat about the future of his academic field.

Traveling Salesman

Gerald \”Jerry\” C. Lasensky describes himself as the Jewish community\’s traveling salesman, road warrior and itinerant emissary.

The 6 O’Clock Solution

Ralph Fertig, a retired judge and current community activist and novelist, has what a lot of progressive Californians are looking for: a solution to voting on Nov. 7.

Setting the Record Straight

The following outlines some of the fundamental flaws in the L.A. Jewish Population Survey of 1997 not reported by other respondents.

Who’s Watching the Children?

No more August Angst, wondering what to do in that stretch of time between camp and classroom.

Home Care — A Right, Not an Option

In a time of great prosperity in the United States, scores continue to suffer while the headlines play up the overnight IPO millionaires, human genome project and voter apathy, among current topics.

Hadassah Kvelling Over Hadassah

With Hadassah Lieberman\’s rise to fame as wife of vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman, the name Hadassah had become a household word even in non-Jewish homes.

We Jews are eJews

If you can read this, you can Web surf. That\’s the conclusion of a recent survey conducted by Mediamark Research, Inc., for the Joseph Jacobs Organization\’s Jewish Publications Network. The survey found that people who read Jewish newspapers (that\’s you, now) are more likely than not to own a computer and surf the Web. Here\’s the facts:By the way, you can read this same story online at our Web site: www. jewishjournal.com.

Depicting Issues

Some 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention took time out from politicking to participate in a hands-on workshop in democracy and diversity, initiated by a Jewish institution. The workshop was based on the youTHink program, in which public school students use the arts to grapple with social issues and then act out their new awareness to initiate projects that will further responsibility and tolerance in their schools and communities

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