Combating Prejudice
Jane Ulman
January 11, 2001
Although only 23 miles apart, Milken Community High School in Bel Air and Jordan High School in South Central might as well exist in different worlds.
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Great Music
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
November 30, 2000
One was a U.S. resident from the beginning of his long life to its end, creating music as American in its sound and subject matter as \”Yankee Doodle Dandy.\” The other, after making his mark in Germany, fled his homeland through France and spent his final, tragically few years adding to the glory of the American musical theater at its height.
A Lesson Plan From Israel
Diane Arieff
October 26, 2000
In our hardwired global village, the old curse \”May you live in interesting times,\” has particular resonance. For local educators, the recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians have made these past few weeks interesting times indeed. As events continue to unfold thousands of miles away, the conflict has been an ongoing topic in Southern California\’s Jewish day schools.
Depicting Issues
Tom Tugend
August 24, 2000
Some 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention took time out from politicking to participate in a hands-on workshop in democracy and diversity, initiated by a Jewish institution. The workshop was based on the youTHink program, in which public school students use the arts to grapple with social issues and then act out their new awareness to initiate projects that will further responsibility and tolerance in their schools and communities
Torah Makes Dangerous Trek
Jeanine Mercer
December 16, 1999
A group of female Jewish scholars recently danced joyously with a 200-year-old Iraqi tradition — a Torah once held prisoner by Saddam Hussein.
Embracing Diaspora
Tom Tugend
December 2, 1999
The old-time Zionist religion had it that the only good Diaspora Jew was the one who made aliyah and settled in the ancestral land.
An Empress of the Air
Diane Arieff
March 11, 1999
It\’s a sunny Santa Monica afternoon, and Ruth Seymour, station manager and program director of KCRW, is sitting in the Rose Cafe, neatly turned out in a dark pant suit.
How Do We Egage Teens?
John R. Fishel
November 12, 1998
There are more than 30,000 Jewish teen-agers in Los Angeles — how do we engage them?
Mideast An Understanding Teacher
Ruth Mason
November 6, 1997
It\’s a hot summer day and 16 teen-agers are walking through YadVashem in Jerusalem with a handful of adults. The scene is acommonplace one until you look a little closer and listen morecarefully. Half of the group is speaking softly in Arabic amongthemselves and they come from villages with names like Julis and KfarYassif. The Arab and Druze teens in the group, as well as the Jewishones, are wearing long white T-shirts displaying the name of theGhetto Fighters\’ House and the word \”guide\” printed in large blockletters across the back.
L.A.’s New Leaders
Ruth Stroud
May 8, 1997
If you\’re a young Jewish leader who would like to know more about Los Angeles civic life, or if you\’re a young civic leader who wants to be more in step with the Los Angeles Jewish community, the New Leaders Project might have a place for you. NLP, sponsored in Los Angeles by the Jewish Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council, is currently seeking applications for its fourth class.
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