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Rescuing Dollars for Seniors, Immigrants

Marc Ballon January 6, 2005

With many health care programs threatened because of cutbacks in government funding, Jessica Toledano and other members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles\’ advocacy arm have redoubled their work on behalf of the elderly, immigrants and other vulnerable groups. In at least three recent instances, those efforts have paid off and saved imperiled programs from debilitating cuts or untimely demises.

The Need for Reality

Bill Boyarsky March 4, 2004

I set out to write about the presidential election, but I changed my mind when I ran into Eric Gordon, the director of Workmen\’s Circle.

Every American Deserves Health Care

Zev Yaroslavsky June 26, 2003

Following is an abridged version of the address given by Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences commencement ceremony on June 13.

Trauma System in Critical

Nancy Sokoler Steiner October 31, 2002

Angelenos in need of emergency care are facing the threat of longer journeys to fewer facilities. Faced with a projected deficit in excess of $700 million in 2005, the L.A. County Department of Health Services has proposed to shut down two of its hospitals, increasing the burden on remaining hospitals countywide.

New Century Poses Challenge

Nancy Sokoler Steiner October 3, 2002

One hundred years ago, when Cedars-Sinai Medical Center\’s predecessor, Kaspare Cohn Hospital, opened its doors with 12 beds as Los Angeles\’ first Jewish hospital, such medical staples as penicillin and insulin remained to be discovered.

Experiencing Exile

Tom Tugend October 19, 2000

here are some 39 million refugees and displaced persons in the world today, and Angelenos can get a hint of how they live and survive at \”A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City\” exhibition, now in Exposition Park through Oct. 22.

Reshaping its Image

Naomi Pfefferman July 13, 2000

Eighty-eight years after Henrietta Szold founded Hadassah in 1912, the 306,000-member Zionist and social service organization will gather in Los Angeles for its first national convention of the 21st century. From July 16-19, more than 2,500 leaders and guests will mingle at the Century Plaza Hotel, where speakers will range from actor Richard Dreyfuss to political commentators Mary Matalin and James Carville. Hadassah is the largest women\’s and Jewish group in the U.S., but president Bonnie Lipton admits membership is down from its high of more than 350,000 in the 1980s. More than half of current membership is over 61, so the group is working to reinvent itself and draw younger women. Besides its historic focus on health care in Israel, for example, the organization is now championing women\’s health in the U.S, among other issues.

Cedars-Sinai Merges with Two Westside Hospitals

Rob Eshman October 2, 1997

\nWhen Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced last Monday that itplans to take over management of two smaller West Los Angeleshospitals, the headlines could easily have read, \”Man Bites Dog.\”

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