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November 23, 2011
Sold-out concert garners 24,000 Hours of community service pledges
“When the ILC told me they planned to sell 6,000 tickets to this concert, I was skeptical,” Israeli media mogul Haim Saban said onstage at the Israeli Leadership Council’s “Do Something for Someone” community concert on Nov. 20. “I thought it was too tall an order.”
Heschel Day School receives $1.1 million in gifts
Two alumni families of Heschel Day School in Northridge gave major gifts to establish endowments at the school in honor of its 40th anniversary, one for $1 million, the other $100,000. Both families wish to remain anonymous.
Belmont Village honors World War II vets with photo exhibition
Belmont Village Senior Living’s Westwood center paid homage to the sacrifices of its Jewish World War II veterans on Nov. 9 with the opening of the permanent photo exhibition, “American Heroes: Portraits of Service,” featuring 37 portraits, mostly of Jewish veterans, accompanied by a brief biography or quote about the subject’s war experience.
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox dead get proper burial
Ah, the good old days. Stealing corpses before they even got cold, right under the noses of the police and paramedics just about to take them for autopsy, bundling them in the van and driving them out to some secret place in a cemetery — still whole, uncut — for a proper Jewish burial.
Hollywood delegation explores Israeli politics, culture
A group of high-profile Hollywood professionals was in Israel last week to learn more about the complicated challenges Israel faces.
Change soap opera’s Hitler name, ADL asks Indian network
The Anti-Defamation League has called on an Indian television network to change the name of a new soap opera with Hitler in the title.
Cantor, Ehud Barak to address Reform biennial
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will address the Union for Reform Judaism\’s biennial.
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