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Moving and shaking: Max Webb’s 99th birthday, Noa at the Pico Union Project and more
Ryan Torok
March 4, 2016
How do you throw a birthday party for a community treasure who’s turning 99?
Max Webb, one second at a time
David Suissa
October 14, 2014
It’s hard to imagine how, or why, a wealthy 97-year-old man would make the effort to go through hundreds of invoices for his building company and sign all the checks himself.
Men who made a mark that will endure
Rabbi David Wolpe
June 12, 2013
A generation comes and another goes: True enough, but not all generations are alike. Experiences shape some in ways that are unrepeatable. Gil Glazer, Jona Goldrich, Max Webb and Parviz Nazarian are part of a unique generation.
Mazel Tov, Israel; Shalom, Mayor Villaraigosa
Ryan Torok
April 18, 2013
Photographs of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa play on a large screen. In one photograph, he’s with Israeli President Shimon Peres. In others, he is visiting the Western Wall, walking at a kibbutz and greeting Israeli soldiers.
Webb’s progressive center gift inspired by family’s future
Naomi Glauberman
January 25, 2007
The citations on Webb\’s office walls are just part of the philanthropic tale. A thick binder, bursting with letters, photographs and newspaper clippings, provides still more information on a long life dedicated to resurrecting the Jewish community. Leafing through the record of his giving — schools, hospitals, synagogues, universities — his delight is palpable.
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