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Too Big to Ignore

Wendy J. Madnick June 13, 2002

It was the first cool night in the midst of a heat wave and Rosalie Zalis, executive director of Winnick Family Foundation and former liaison to the Jewish community for ex-Gov. Pete Wilson, was preaching to the masses.

\”You should get involved with a political action committee,\” the longtime activist told the group of mostly women gathered in the chapel at Adat Ari El June 6. \”Even if it\’s only sending a small amount of money to AIPAC [The American Israel Public Affairs Committee] — they will teach you how to lobby.

\”You need to be aware of what everyone who you vote for thinks about Israel. Write letters to your congressperson and to your senators, thanking them when they do something for Israel. Make phone calls, send e-mails. You don\’t know how important your voice is.\”

Ethel Lozabnick: Community Leader

Jewish Journal September 13, 2001

A community activist, whose commitment to the Jewish community and Zionist causes was locally and nationally recognized, passed away Aug. 17, 2001. Ethel Lozabnick had served as National Vice President of Hadassah the largest woman\’s volunteer organization in the United States and the largest Zionist organization in the world and was a member of Hadassah\’s National Board. For her zionist activities, she received the distinguished Women of Merit Award in 1965, and in 1999 was one of three outstanding veteran local zionists honored by the American Zionist Movement with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Her commitment, dedication and tireless efforts on behalf of Israel led her to that country more than 40 times, including travel to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan as a woman\’s representative to early peace discussions.

Coalition Politics That Work

David Evanier October 5, 2000

\”It\’s almost magical,\” said Jon Friedman, a Democratic activist, of the effective coalition politics waged by the 47th Assembly District Committee. The committee, which covers a wide rectangular area including Culver City and the South Fairfax and Beverlywood neighborhoods, and extending east as far as central city areas north of the Inglewood city line, is comprised mainly of Black and Jewish members who have formed a bond of closeness and trust. The ages ranges from 20\’s to 70\’s. Members are civil servants, teachers, lawyers, show business folk, small business people, health care technicians.

Olmos Connects

Marlene Adler Marks December 16, 1999

Edward James Olmos wants to connect. Give him a large multi-ethnic crowd — as was on hand Sunday at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles — and he\’ll split himself into pieces finding common links.

House of Memory

Naomi Pfefferman July 22, 1999

For Chilean-Jewish author and activist Marjorie Agosin, to be a Latin American Jew is to live forever in exile, to be \”always from somewhere else.\”\nHer 1990 memoir, \”A Cross and a Star,\” tells the story of her mother\’s family, which escaped the Holocaust only to settle in a remote Chilean town with 50 Nazis and three Jewish families.

‘A Split Is Hovering Over Likud’

Eric Silver November 13, 1997

On the eve of his most testing American visit since he becamePrime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu was humiliated, live on prime-timetelevision, last Monday by the least likely of dissidents — theblue-collar ward party bosses of the Likud central committeeconvention.

L.A.’s New Leaders

Ruth Stroud May 8, 1997

If you\’re a young Jewish leader who would like to know more about Los Angeles civic life, or if you\’re a young civic leader who wants to be more in step with the Los Angeles Jewish community, the New Leaders Project might have a place for you. NLP, sponsored in Los Angeles by the Jewish Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council, is currently seeking applications for its fourth class.

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