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January 5, 2015
Bess Myerson, only Jewish Miss America, dies at 90
Bess Myerson, the only Jewish woman to be crowned Miss America, has died.
Joseph Samuels: Exposing crime against Iraqi Jews
His voice cracking with emotion, his eyes welling with tears, Joseph Samuels, 84 and a retired Jewish real estate developer, recalled the pogrom’s angry Muslim mobs in Baghdad that his Iraqi family and the Jewish community there faced during the Holocaust.
Nira Sayegh: Lifelong love of Jewish education began in childhood
For most people, working full-time plus overtime hours as vice president of finance at a property management firm would be enough to stay busy.
Ben Schwartzman: Giving autistic kids a shot at a team sport
In early 2014, UCLA post-graduate education student Ben Schwartzman and his classmate and friend John Daniel were staring at their computer screens and robotically crunching numbers on Microsoft Excel when they both decided they needed a change.
Harriet Rechtman: Advocate for people with disabilities
“Life is like that. Every day is a new thing,” Harriet Rechtman said, dismissing any suggestion that the three decades she has spent as an advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is extraordinary.
Oron Maher: Traveling an ethical road leads to fulfillment
When Oron Maher began building his Southern California real estate business four years ago, he turned to the Los Angeles Business Journal for the scoop on his industry, and what he found disturbed him.
Harriet Zaretsky: A voice for disenfranchised kids of L.A.
For 18 years, Harriet Zaretsky has been devoting her time to helping the abused, abandoned and neglected foster children that the rest of society tends to forget.
Shannon von Roemer: Doggedly devoted to canine rescue
Shannon von Roemer got the call at 9:30 p.m. on a Saturday two years ago: A woman had found a gray-and-white pit bull cowering in the bushes in Inglewood, with its paw and hip crushed and its back torn up after the animal was thrown from and dragged by a car.
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