Season’s Gratings
Jewish Journal
December 10, 1998
Seventeen-year-old Ben Ereshefsky, a senior at Health Careers High School in San Antonio, says the Christmas season is a difficult time for him.
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education
The Big Winners
Marlene Adler Marks
November 5, 1998
More than just a victory for California Democrats, Tuesday\’s election has special meaning for the Jewish community. Gray Davis Jews made up 4 percent of the California voter rolls this week (compared with 3 percent nationally), and Davis got 84 percent of that support in his decisive victory over Republican Dan Lungren in the race for governor.
Forging a Common Future
Wendy J. Madnick
October 29, 1998
Allies or adversaries? That is the question confronting Jewish and Latino political leaders as they assess the current and future relations of their communities.
Politics
Wendy J. Madnick
October 29, 1998
The mud being slung in the San Fernando Valley\’s most closely watched congressional race has a distinctive blue-and-white tinge. Their positions on issues from abortion to Social Security having failed to ignite much interest, the candidates for the 24th District seat have instead turned to scuffling over Israel.
A School With a Mid-Eastern Flair
Beverly Gray
October 22, 1998
The Eretz Alliance School may be small, but its lineage is long and distinguished. Eretz Alliance, which occupies a brand-new campus in Tarzana, opened this fall with 36 students enrolled in its nursery school and kindergarten classes. Ultimately the $7 million building will house students through the fifth grade.
ADL’s ‘Dream’ Team Sweeps into L.A. Schools
Michael Aushenker
October 22, 1998
An Asian-American Fairfax High School student asks Ethiopian-born Taktu (Rachel) Yasu how long it took her to learn English. An African-American classmate wants to know if she encountered racism in her native Israel. Another African-American senior inquires if there are any Jews left in Ethiopia.
The Problem with Sainthood
Marlene Adler Marks
October 15, 1998
The canonization of Edith Stein, a Jewish intellectual who became a Carmelite nun and died in Auschwitz, hits a raw nerve. A Jew, a nun, a martyr, a saint: How to respond to each of these links in the chain?
A Hands-On Holiday
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
October 1, 1998
Teachers have known for a long time that hands-on projects can bring a message home better than any lecture or study session.
Back To School Briefs
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
Instead of bringing home a Gucci handbag or a recipe for great risotto, Esther Elfenbaum returned from Italy with a host of bright, new ideas that could transform preschools as we know them.
Up Front
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
That\’s what Julius Caesar might have bellowed had he lived long enough to witness the resurgence of the Three Stooges empire with the first Three Stooges West Coast Convention, held last weekend at the Hilton Burbank Airport Hotel.
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