The very word Siberia evokes a cold, distant place — it\’s so, well, Soviet. But Siberia just got a little warmer and a little more Jewish because of San Fernando Valley resident Elaine Berke, who arranged for the b\’nai mitzvah of 61 Siberian Jews ranging in age from 12 to 26.
Bertha Anapol died June 27 at 92. She is survived by her brother, Angelo; and sisters, Mae Mayer and Ruby Brest.
I read with interest Daniel Akst\’s excellent article on youth philanthropy in your July 22 issue, titled, \”Getting Kids Into Charity Pays Off Big.\”
The Animal Alliance, in cooperation with Animal Fair Media, held its sixth annual Paws for Style at Loew\’s Beverly Hills Hotel. Dr. Gady Levy was selected for a prestigious Nahum Goldmann Fellowship. Rabbi Elliot Dorff was appointed by the California Department of Health Services (DHS) to convene a Human Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee. A celebration of life event was held recently to honor the late Robert Maguire Jr.
With the planned Israeli withdrawal from Gaza less than three weeks away, right-wing leaders say they haven\’t yet given up hope of preventing it.
The 61-year-old Gary David Goldberg (\”Family Ties,\” \”Spin City\”) admits to being a \”smug married person\” who condescended on the personals when he picked up Claire Cook\’s novel, \”Must Love Dogs,\” in a bookstore around 2003.
One of the terrorists in the July 7 London transit-system bombings reportedly knew one of the bombers in a 2003 Tel Aviv terrorist attack.
So far, the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court has ruffled few feathers in the American Jewish community.
There appear to be few legal options left for Jonathan Pollard, after a U.S. federal appeals court last Friday rejected the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst\’s claim that he had inadequate counsel when he was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel.
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