The Circuit
Michael Aushenker
April 4, 2002
So in a nutshell, here\’s how the first Celebrity Dodgeball Tournament went down…
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Torch Song Trilogy
Melissa Minkin
January 17, 2002
Linda Gach Ray has been carrying the torch for years. This week, she made it official by running the Olympic flame down a stretch of Figueroa Street as the torch was relayed through Southern California on its way to the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, which begin Feb. 8.
Grand Marshal, Grand Lady
Wendy J. Madnick
November 29, 2001
Sitting in her seat at the Max Factor Family Foundation Recreation Center of the Jewish Home for the Aging (JHA), 103-year-old Sylvia Harmatz cannot recall the first state to give women the right to vote. But, she remembers very clearly the first day she voted, in 1936. \”I wasn\’t a citizen until I married my husband, and so I used his papers and got a ballot so I could vote for [Franklin D.] Roosevelt,\” she said. \”I was very active in politics from that time on.\”
Jewish Giving is Still Looking Good
Melissa Minkin
May 3, 2001
When the stock market entered bear territory last month, individual investors weren\’t the only ones taking note. The continued softening of the market can also have a major effect on nonprofit organizations, many of which have benefited greatly from an exceptional run during the past five years.
While it\’s still too early to tell how the recent changes will affect Jewish nonprofits in Los Angeles, fundraisers at some of the city\’s largest philanthropic organizations say they\’re not worried yet.
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