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Schools Give Prum-Hess High Marks
Miriam Prum-Hess, an experienced and admired Federation executive, took on a new role working on behalf of day schools last year, an effort to increase the level of professionalism and efficiency in all nonacademic areas. She has become the central address for day schools looking for expertise on operational issues — fundraising strategies, legal advice, business decisions, purchasing, and human resources.
Middle-Class Squeeze
Families are feeling the squeeze of the upward crawl of day school tuition over the last several years, which has brought the average tuition for elementary and middle school to about $12,600 and for high school to as much as $20,000. Those numbers are about 30 percent above what a year of schooling cost four years ago and nearly double 10 years ago.
Views Differ on Role in Centers Crisis
The local Jewish community, unlike those in other cities, neither supported most existing centers nor clamored for the types of state-of-the-art facilities that have proven so successful elsewhere, he added.
John Fishel
\”He\’s the James Brown of the Jewish community, the hardest-working man in L.A. Jewry,\” Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss said. \”I see him everywhere.\”
Although in some ways, Fishel is everywhere but nowhere. A bearded, slender man with a direct gaze, the shy Fishel seems to prefer keeping his own counsel. He sometimes materializes at events in his well-tailored suits and then slips away after talking to but a handful of folks.
$61.8 Billion
Each year, The Los Angeles Business Journal uses legwork and a little guesswork to discern who\’s worth the most in Los Angeles. Once the list comes out, as it did this week, I like to run it through the old \”Who\’s a Jew?\” detector.
Darfur Seder Raises Awareness, Funds
\”We need for America to speak out and really do something,\” said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, one of the many high-powered guests in attendance. \”Where to start, of course, is in the faith community.\”
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