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Jewish Journal
October 5, 2006
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A Case for Pasadena
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
September 8, 2005
Most people are surprised, even flabbergasted, to learn that there is a sizeable Jewish community in Pasadena, one that has been here for well over a century.
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and I had never been to Pasadena. I knew little about it — mostly that the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl were there; I had no idea how close it was to Woodland Hills, where I lived. And I certainly didn\’t think about if there were Jews there.
Pasadena is located in the San Gabriel Valley — or what locals call the \”Other Valley\” — and it\’s surrounded by the San Gabriel Mountains. It sits at the foot of Mount Wilson, home to the observatory where Albert Einstein worked during his stay at Cal Tech. It\’s also home to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading U.S. center for robotic exploration of the solar system, which offers us a connection to space, science and some of the best minds in the world.
The Circuit
Gaby Wenig
January 22, 2004
The Jewish Community Foundation awarded a $7,500 grant to the Access Center of OPCC (formerly the Ocean Park Community Center). The money will be dedicated to maintaining the project\’s critical core programs to assist homeless youth, adults and families.
Hadassah Encourages Women to ‘Check Out’ Program
Journal Staff
February 6, 2003
Despite winning a $5,900 grant in December 2001 from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to present the program free to 2,000 students, Hadassah\’s Long Beach-Orange County chapter has, so far, found few takers.
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2002
Producer-director Steven Spielberg pledged $1 million to aid Israeli terrorism victims and has named five Israeli and U.S. organizations as the initial recipients of the grant.
UCLA Wins Grant
Tom Tugend
October 25, 2001
The Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA, only seven years old, has received one of academe\’s highest recognitions, a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the study of Jewish Civilizations. It is the only one this year awarded for Jewish studies, the only one for UCLA and one of only seven awarded to American universities.\n\n
Espresso and Expression
Mike Levy
May 31, 2001
For most of the poets and essayists at Lulu\’s Beehive coffeehouse on Wed., May 16, this was their first public reading of their work. But every one of the readers was already a published author, thanks to Ohmanut, a new Jewish student arts magazine published by Hillel at Pierce and Valley Colleges with a grant from The Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance.
Rouss Resigns
Wendy J. Madnick
March 23, 2000
Wanted: Administrator to lead one of the largest Jewish agencies in Los Angeles. Must be able to handle national crises, raise vast sums of money and please people aged 3-103, from Conejo Valley to Venice Beach.
Staff and lay leaders for the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles say they were taken by surprise March 14 when executive vice president Jeffrey L. Rouss handed in his resignation. Rouss, 52, has a 20-year history with the organization, working his way up from director of teen services at the North Valley Jewish Community Center. He will leave his current post as overseer of the L.A.-area\’s seven JCCs in late April to become head of development for the western regional fundraising arm of the American Friends of Hebrew University.
Greenlighting the Future of Jewish L.A.
Michael Aushenker
September 9, 1999
Lynne Sturt Weintraub had a problem. It involved what she prefers to call the \”chronologically gifted\” members of Temple Beth Zion, where she is co-president.
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