September 23, 2009

On a typical Monday, school starts with an hour of davening for Shari Rosenman’s two children. They next spend two hours with a music teacher and work with online grammar and math curricula before unwinding with lunch and recess at a local park. Swim team practice and an art history DVD round out the evening, with Rosenman and her husband joining their kids on the couch to share in the learning.

After a year’s absence, during which Leo Baeck Temple’s sanctuary and building underwent extensive interior renovations, congregants returned home in a joyous procession on Sept. 9.

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown on Tuesday filed a civil suit against Stanley Chais, described as the “Madoff middleman,” and will seek to recover $270 million in illicit fees, plus $25 million in civil penalties.