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Jewish Journal
June 5, 2003
Your article on the \”Rabbi Revolution\” (May 30) omitted one very important Westside rabbi.
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Match Lights Way for Terror Victim Aid
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
March 13, 2003
Sharon Evans founded Adopt-a-Family, a project of the Coalition Against Terror, a nonprofit organization that matches Jewish organizations worldwide.
A Wish Is Granted
Marc Ballon
February 27, 2003
NORCs have cropped up around the country, with an estimated 5,000 now dotting the U.S. As the population grays — an estimated 75 million Americans will be over 55 in 2010 — the number of NORCs is expected to jump, said Andrew Kochera, senior policy advisor at AARP in Washington.
To Life, L’Chayim
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
February 27, 2003
Chayim Frenkel grew up in the Pico-Fairfax area, where his father, Uri Frenkel, was cantor for Judea Congregation on South Fairfax Avenue. With his mother, Shari, working as a kosher caterer, both parents were \”servants of the Jewish community,\” Frenkel told The Journal, and \”role models of what a mensch (good guy) should be.\”
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.
Russia’s Jews Rediscover Roots
Lev Krichevsky
December 26, 2002
Roughly 175,000 Jewish elderly in Russia are now served by the 88 Heseds across the former Soviet Union. These centers, run by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), account for about one-half of all Jewish social and welfare organizations in the former Soviet Union.
Support Group Helps Second Generation
Rachel Brand
December 26, 2002
Second Generation Los Angeles is one of hundreds of organizations that supports children of survivors, but the only one of its kind in Los Angeles.
Listening to Needs
Wendy J. Madnick
November 28, 2002
When kids from Sinai Temple celebrate Chanukah with the members of Temple Beth Solomon (TBS) in Tarzana on Friday night, Dec. 6, they\’ll notice that the service is slower and streamlined, but that the singing is performed with every bit as much gusto as a \”Friday Night Live\” service.
An Orthodox Pursuit
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 14, 2002
This year the group has grown to about 40 students, having built up a community through informal and formal Judaic classes and study partnerships, Shabbatons and a Thursday night \”parsha and pizza\” group.
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