Serious Fun
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
March 13, 2003
No matter what the profit, most synagogue administrators agree that the yearly celebrations are helpful morale boosters.
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To Life, L’Chayim
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
February 27, 2003
Chayim Frenkel grew up in the Pico-Fairfax area, where his father, Uri Frenkel, was cantor for Judea Congregation on South Fairfax Avenue. With his mother, Shari, working as a kosher caterer, both parents were \”servants of the Jewish community,\” Frenkel told The Journal, and \”role models of what a mensch (good guy) should be.\”
Collaborating on Education
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
February 13, 2003
Like college graduates looking to make career contacts, many of the professional and lay day school leaders, major philanthropists, Jewish Federation leaders and Jewish endowment fund representatives attending the PEJE Leadership Assembly portion, the first of its kind in the United States, took time out to network.
Candles Shine From L.A. to Tel Aviv
Rachel Brand
December 26, 2002
The event, which was staged by Cafe Europa, a Jewish Family Service program that serves as a social outlet and offers financial assistance and emotional support to Holocaust survivors, allowed those who shared a common experience to also share the joy of Chanukah with one another.
The Circuit
Michael Aushenker
August 22, 2002
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held its annual Deborah Awards, honoring women of achievement — an evening at the Regent Beverly Wilshire emceed by Arianna Huffington.
Solidarity to Mark Independence Day
Wendy J. Madnick
April 11, 2002
Sometimes, a simple act can make an enormous impact. At this time in the history of our people, there can be no greater demonstration of solidarity with the state of Israel than to show up and be counted at this year\’s Israeli Independence Festival on April 21, organizers say.
\”This is the biggest support for Israel happening anywhere in the world, and if we cannot show we stand with Israel, who will?\” asked Yoram Gutman, executive director of this year\’s event. \”It is critical for people to come.\”
Haim Linder, former festival chairman, who now heads the event\’s security team, agreed, saying, \”It is a boost for our brothers and sisters in Israel, because they will know about the event.
Bringing Back Memories
Wendy J. Madnick
March 14, 2002
A woman in a peach-colored sweatsuit sits in a sunlit hallway at the Silverado Senior Living Center in Calabasas. Once she was a professor at a California State University campus, teaching English literature. Now, because of the effects of Alzheimer\’s disease, she barely has a word to share, only a bemused smile for people she thinks she recognizes.
‘Ballyhoo’ Fails to Inspire
Tom Tugend
November 12, 1998
\”The Last Night of Ballyhoo\” arrived at the Cañon Theatre in Beverly Hills last month with impeccable credentials.
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