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Woman of the Book

Beverly Gray October 10, 2002

Sherrill Kushner\’s crusade on behalf of the Santa Monica Public Library system began with her realization that Jews are the People of the Book.

I’ve Heard That Name Before

Gaby Wenig September 19, 2002

Call up a Los Angeles City Council or Board of Supervisors office these days and you are likely to speak to someone called Adina, Adeena or Adena.

Trading Up

Melissa Minkin May 16, 2002

Investment banker Adlai Wertman was fed up with Wall Street — so he moved to Los Angeles, took an 85 percent pay cut and got a job on Skid Row. Two years later, he says he\’s never been happier.

On Hertzberg’s Horizon

Mike Levy January 31, 2002

Even though Robert Hertzberg will step down from the speakership of the California Assembly on Feb. 6, he still has plenty to say. The Sherman Oaks Democrat, as a rule, keeps busy.

\nWhenever one of our writers or contributors — or I myself — use the term \”Jewish community,\” I think of Lew Wasserman. An interviewer once asked the former MCA chairman and power broker about the Jewish community here. Wasserman shot back: \”I don\’t know of a Jewish community. It is nonexistent.\”