Bulldog on the Ice
Ari Morguelan
May 3, 2001
Ethan Lee Fougner, a 7-year-old hockey player from Valencia, is our May Athlete of the Month.
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May 3, 2001
Basketball and Life
Ari Morguelan
May 3, 2001
\”Be Quick — But Don\’t Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings
Andrew Hill should be considered a very lucky man. The 50-year-old Los Angeles native played basketball at UCLA in the 1970s under the auspices of John Wooden, one of the school\’s greatest coaches. Hill won three championship rings with UCLA but left the university with a chip on his shoulder and a deep misunderstanding of the coach who would later become his greatest mentor.
Jewish Giving is Still Looking Good
Melissa Minkin
May 3, 2001
When the stock market entered bear territory last month, individual investors weren\’t the only ones taking note. The continued softening of the market can also have a major effect on nonprofit organizations, many of which have benefited greatly from an exceptional run during the past five years.
While it\’s still too early to tell how the recent changes will affect Jewish nonprofits in Los Angeles, fundraisers at some of the city\’s largest philanthropic organizations say they\’re not worried yet.
JCC Subject of Lawsuit
Tom Tugend
May 3, 2001
The parents of a boy badly wounded during a shooting rampage at the North Valley Jewish Community Center are suing the facility and charging that it did not provide any security to forestall hate crime attacks.
Hollywood Mitzvahs
Mike Levy
May 3, 2001
When one person helps another person, it\’s a mitzvah. When 1,500 people from 30 different organizations join together to help out in over 50 volunteering projects, it\’s Temple Israel of Hollywood\’s (TIOH) Mitzvah Day.
Timely Talk of History’s Attic
Mike Levy
May 3, 2001
The timing could not have been better.
When the California Museum of Ancient Art scheduled its lecture series on \”The Archaeology of Ancient Israel\” to begin Monday, May 14, at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, it could not have known that Rabbi David Wolpe\’s Passover sermon touching on doubts about the historical accuracy of the Exodus story would spark a wave of local interest in Biblical archaeology.
Not in Vain
Michael Aushenker
May 3, 2001
The sanctuary of B\’nai David-Judea Congregation in the Pico-Robertson area was once a spacious movie theater. Last Wednesday, April 25, it was filled to the nosebleed rows with more than 500 junior-high and high-school students from Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys and Girls Schools, Maimonides Academy, West Valley Hebrew Day School, Hillel Harkham Academy and Emek Hebrew Academy. Looming large onstage were photos of two teenagers with L.A. connections who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists: 14-year-old Yael Botwin, killed in a 1997 terrorist bombing in Jerusalem, and 19-year-old Yitzhak Weinstock, grandson of Rabbi Simon Dolgin, who for three decades served as spiritual leader of Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills. Weinstock was one of the victims of a 1993 drive-by shooting on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Sunday in the Park
Michael Aushenker
May 3, 2001
Maybe the post-apocalyptic parking situation was a tip-off. The overcapacity of automobiles surrounding Woodley Park seemed to confirm that this year\’s Israeli Independence Day Festival outdid itself in terms of spectacle and attendance. An estimated 50,000 attended, festival director Yoram Gutman confirmed, making this year\’s festival the biggest yet. As Gutman told The Journal, \”There are so many Israelis who live in the Valley, so maybe that has something to do with it. I never saw so many Persian Jews and American Jews.\”
Encouraging Tzedakah
Ellie Kahn
May 3, 2001
Leona Goldring is 93. She not only attends monthly Anti-Defamation League (ADL) meetings, as well as planning sessions for their fundraising events, but she also is still active in the Women\’s Fundraising Division of United Jewish Fund (UJF). She was its chairperson about 40 years ago, and she still attends regular strategy meetings for former chairs.
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