How Jewish Voters Still Count
Marlene Adler Marks
April 12, 2001
Tuesday\’s election results assert that the Jewish \”customer\” still counts, now more than ever, in the even playing field that is L.A. politics.
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April 12, 2001
Nighttime Devotion
Dennis Gura
April 12, 2001
During the past few years, an effort has been made to retrieve women\’s devotional literature and present it to a contemporary Jewish world.
Defending Greenberg
Peter Ephross
April 12, 2001
Rabbi Irving \”Yitz\” Greenberg has built a reputation as a man of letters, but not of the kind that have swirled around him lately.
In the latest volley in an escalating war of words, a majority of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council is defending Greenberg, the embattled council chair, against a campaign to unseat him over his role in the Marc Rich pardon scandal.
Fit After 50
Mike Levy
April 12, 2001
Looking to get in shape, clients of all ages, shapes and sizes come to youthful fitness trainer Betsy Mendel. Mendel, who operates a business called No Excuses, has developed special insights into the training needs of her middle-aged clients. After arriving in Los Angeles from Atlanta five years ago, she fell in love with the sunny climate and found it the perfect place to indulge her fanatic workout habits in the great outdoors. Since 1999, she has been training full time, offering workouts suited to L.A. beaches, canyons and other outdoor spaces.
Charity Obstacle?
Sharon Samber
April 12, 2001
With tax cuts the talk of the town, Jewish philanthropic agencies are worried about another part of President Bush\’s fiscal plan: the repeal of the estate tax.
Success and Shopping
Laurel Ives
April 12, 2001
From her autobiography it is clear that sex and shopping have played an important role in Judith Krantz\’s actual life, too.
Family Dinners
Jane Ulman
April 12, 2001
According to Robert Putnam, author of \”Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,\” family dinners occur 33 percent less frequently today than in 1970.
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