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Labor Pains

Naomi Pfefferman February 19, 1998

Last week, three Jewish leaders stood in front ofthe upscale Summit Hotel Rodeo Drive, surrounded by televisioncameras and some 75 hotel workers.

Westside JCC May Be Sold to Shalhevet

Ruth Stroud February 5, 1998

The Westside Jewish Community Center, a recreation and education institution in Los Angeles for more than four decades, may be sold in the next few weeks to Shalhevet High School.

Every year, the Milken Family Foundation gives public recognition and $10,000 each to education professionals \”who have made significant contributions to excellence in day schools affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education,\” according to the foundation.

Education Israel as a Core Requirement?

Beverly Gray December 11, 1997

My daughter flew home for Thanksgiving with two college friends in tow. At the dinner table, the conversation revolved around computers and the antics of the Stanford Band. At some point in the course of that whirlwind four-day visit, Hilary informed me that, though she\’s been diligently studying Hebrew since she started college, a Junior Year Abroad at Hebrew University is no longer part of her plans. It\’s not that she\’s changed her mind about someday returning to Israel, where she spent an amazing summer two years ago. But she\’s convinced that, given the stringent requirements of the high-tech major she seems to have settled on, even a semester in Jerusalem would derail her progress toward her degree.

Psychology at the U.J.

Beverly Gray October 23, 1997

Sometimes we all need a good nudge before we do the right thing.

Beyond the Classroom and Themselves

Beverly Gray October 16, 1997

Milken, affiliated with Stephen S. Wise Temple, kicks off itsschool year by sending students and faculty on a three-day Shabbaton.Under the majestic oaks of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in SimiValley, participants schmooze and discuss, laugh and pray.