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March 2, 2010

High school tuition help still available

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 2, 2010

Nearly 250 middle-income families considering a Jewish high school education for their teens have applied for tuition help from Builders of Jewish Education (BJE), and the application period is still open for the 2010-2011 school year. BJE is administering a $12.7 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation that aims to enable more students to afford an education at five Jewish high schools in Los Angeles.

Young Entrepreneur Pays It Forward

Jewish Journal March 2, 2010

2009 was a tough year for Cameron Cohen. In March, the Brentwood 11-year-old had a benign tumor surgically removed from his leg and spent many months out of school and mostly off his feet — first in a cast, then in a full-leg brace. But the tech-savvy young entrepreneur used his recovery time to write a popular program for the iPhone — an “app” that lets users draw on the screen using their fingers — and he plans to donate a significant portion of the proceeds from its sales to the hospital where he was treated.

Jews for Photography

Ryan Torok March 2, 2010

As part of their Be True project, Jews for Judaism, an international education and outreach organization, is holding its first photo contest. Students ages 10-22 living anywhere in the world can submit photos along with brief descriptions. The theme is: “The Joy of Judaism.”\n

New Leaders Take Helm at 3 Camps

Dikla Kadosh March 2, 2010

For three local Jewish camps ushering in new leadership, summer 2010 will be a season of change. Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa in the San Bernardino Mountains hired a new executive director in February, Camp Alonim in Simi Valley is narrowing choices to replace its current director, and Camp Ramah in Ojai will replace its resigning director, who is leaving at the end of summer.

The Lies and Reconciliation Commission

Marty Kaplan March 2, 2010

If Democrats decide to use the procedural move that Congress calls “reconciliation” to pass health care reform, get ready for a war of words. It will be won not by the biggest guns, but the biggest mouths. What’s true won’t matter; what’s loudest, what’s catchiest, will. That’s democracy in the age of newsertainment.

13-year-old Julia Siegler’s funeral marked with eloquence and sadness

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 2, 2010

More than 1,200 people sat in University Synagogue in Brentwood on Monday morning for the funeral of Julia Siegler, a Harvard-Westlake eighth grader who was struck by a car and killed Friday morning as she crossed Sunset Boulevard to catch her school bus. Both Julia’s mother and students on the waiting bus saw the accident occur.

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