One of the most significant elements in Secretary of State Colin Powell\’s speech of Nov. 19 was the appointment of Anthony Zinni, the much-decorated and admired retired Marine Corps four-star general, as his Mideast envoy.
The financial crisis facing Jewish Community Center (JCC) programs and locations this week will come as an awful shock to tens of thousands of area Jews, and it should (see story, page 14).\n\nJCC officials and Federation lay leaders and staff stress there is no cause for panic. They believe they can work out a way to save the majority of JCC programs and locations. (The Federation is the largest donor to the JCC system.) But there is no question that without immediate community response, the JCC system faces severe cutbacks.\n
Ask Mimi Feigelson a simple question, you don\’t get a simple answer. \”So how do you like L.A.?\” I ask, as we sit down for coffee and pastries at a Pico-Robertson cafe, thinking this is just the warm-up for the real questions.
It was all she could think about, leading up to the night of Nov. 1: \”I was worried about the turnout. We really worked very hard to get this turnout.\”
Mili Avital is describing the difference between paparazzi here and back home in Israel. \”It\’s not hysteria in Israel, except about politics,\” she says.
George W. Bush\’s gritty message to Saddam Hussein this week that any nation that develops weapons of mass destruction for terrorist purposes \”will be held accountable\” flashed a warning light to Israel.
A high-profile lecture series of top American and Israeli personalities is generating national attention and an unexpected financial bonanza. The university\’s continuing education arm is innovating new programs and drawing close to 10,000 participants. Enrollment in the young rabbinical school is running higher than anticipated.\n\n
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