In recent years Los Angeles, the nation\’s second-largest Jewish community, has become a stop for visiting Jewish dignitaries — especially politicians, hoping to tap into the fundraising network here.
Eighteen months ago, when Lenard Cohen\’s 4-year-old daughter was enrolled in the family\’s congregational preschool, the Philadelphia-area father of three decided to go back to school himself.
Local leaders of the Green Party are working to overturn an anti-Israel resolution that has become official party policy.
Minerva \”Min\” Leonard doesn\’t have time for breakfast. She\’s too busy shopping for ingredients and preparing a salad bar luncheon for 80 people at Adat Ari El Sisterhood\’s weekly Multi-Interest Day. Or making 10 lokshen kugels for her friend\’s daughter\’s bat mitzvah. Or baking \”I can\’t even begin to tell you how many\” batches of cranberry and chocolate-chip mandelbread to bestow on friends, neighbors and an appreciative Jewish Journal reporter.
When Amy Kaplan heard about Betty (not her real name), a Jewish Family Service client in her early 70s who said she couldn\’t afford all of her medications, Kaplan suspected there was more to the story.
Sitting in her living room and poring through an enormous photo album, Alexandra More acts like the proud parent of successful offspring.
Roger Mayer lounges in the living room of his house on Benedict Canyon Road, a comfortable two-story clapboard structure in Beverly Hills. The newly minted octogenarian, who looks at least 10 years younger, effortlessly recalls dates, numbers and deals from decades ago.
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