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malibu
A day in the life of Jewish summer camp
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Think summer camp is all fun and games? It is those things, but there’s a lot more to it. Just talk to some of the many veterans — from a camper to a songleader to a yoga instructor — of JCA Shalom’s residential summer camp in the hills of Malibu.
Camp garden helps kids’ generosity grow
Zan Romanoff
September 24, 2013
Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu is quiet in its off-season — or quieter, at least, if you’re used to seeing the space filled to bursting with energetic young campers. In the fall, it’s populated mostly by groups of adults who come through to use the grounds as a conference center, and there’s a distinct calmness in the air, a sense of relaxation that comes along with shorter days and southern light.
Springs Fire forces evacuations for Jewish institutions in Ventura County
Ryan Torok
May 3, 2013
Synagogue leaders are reporting that the Springs Fire has affected Jewish institutions in Ventura County, including Malibu camps run by Wilshire Boulevard Temple (WBT) and synagogues Temple Ner Ami, Temple Etz Chaim and Temple Adat Elohim.
Leonora and Herbert Kolischer, Holocaust survivors and entrepreneurs, 88
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2012
Leonora Kolischer died in her home in Malibu on October 31, followed soon by her husband Herbert Kolischer on November 4. They were both 88.
Micol Cohen, community member, dies at 34
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2012
Micol Cohen, a 34-year-old international marketing professional, was fatally injured in an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) accident on June 24. Cohen, a native Italian who lived in Beverly Hills, was a passenger when the vehicle veered off a private road in Malibu and, according to the California Highway Patrol, hit an exposed tree root. Cohen died from blunt-force trauma.
Malibu’s HaLevy a leader of rabbis, a face of change
Jewish Journal
May 24, 2011
When Rabbi Judith HaLevy came to Los Angeles in 1992 to help start Mesivta, a Center for Jewish Spirituality, she committed to stay for just a year. Nineteen years later, she is deeply rooted in the L.A. community with the thriving Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue and a new post as the 36th president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California.
Malibu tango on Carbon Beach
Susan Freudenheim
July 24, 2008
It is not a secret that many beachfront homeowners in Malibu have a disproportionate sense of ownership of the surf and turf that fronts their properties. They pay millions for the illusion that they own the beach. It\’s also not a secret that they don\’t.
Class notes: Students attend ‘Israel High;’ Boychik Scouts; Honors abound
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 9, 2007
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