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Big-Screen King’s Legacy of Generosity

Paul I. Goldenberg avoided playgrounds and sports when he was growing up because he lacked athletic prowess. He spent hours in the cool darkness of a movie house.
The Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda honored Goldenberg, 75, owner of La Habra\’s Paul\’s TV & Video, as well as others at a gala last month. Goldenberg helped fund the home\’s newest $14.3 million building, designed to reflect the latest research on Alzheimer\’s disease and dementia. He pledged another $2 million towards a $52 million nursing-home expansion, which is hoped will accommodate 40 percent of those on the facility\’s 350-person waiting list.

Emek CelebratesNew Growth Spurt

"I got my first mild concussion over there," Yehuda Pollack said with a sentimental chuckle, pointing to the new auditorium window at Emek Hebrew Academy.

Spontaneous Expansion

Of the seven West Coast Chabad centers scheduled to open this week, five do not even have office space yet. Still, they open.

Skirball at Five

\nWhen the Skirball Cultural Center opened in April 1996, its founding president and CEO, Rabbi Uri D. Herscher, didn\’t buy the philosophy \”If you build it, they will come.\”

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