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mensches
Letters to the editor: Mensches, Prager, optimism and Islamaphobia
Jewish Journal
January 8, 2016
Just wanted to say thanks for the “defense” and boost of optimism in Rob Eshman’s recent column (“In Defense of Optimism,” Jan. 1), and for all the work he does through the Jewish Journal — for readers, for the Jewish community, and this year, for my family, by posting my piece for Father’s Day.
The Mensch List 2015
Jewish Journal
December 30, 2015
For our 11th annual mensch list, we once again invited your nominations of extraordinary volunteers in our community, and again the outpouring of suggestions of amazing people was overwhelming.
The Mensch List 2013
Jewish Journal
January 2, 2014
Last month, for our eighth-annual mensch list, we again invited all of you to submit your nominations of extraordinary volunteers, and again the outpouring of suggestions of amazing people was overwhelming.
Promoting unity, Judaism among local Iranian Jews
Karmel Melamed
December 23, 2010
Southern California’s Iranian Jewish community has long been divided over a host of social and religious issues, often discouraging hopes among the elders for community continuity. Eman Esmailzadeh, a 27-year-old engineer and community activist, is one of a small number of young people who are now focused on reuniting this immigrant community, in part by encouraging teenagers to identify with their Judaism.
The art of living with brain cancer
Jewish Journal
December 23, 2010
When Judi Kaufman was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1997, she was told she had five years left to live.
Israeli scouting just got hipper
Dikla Kadosh
December 23, 2010
By nature, Eli Fitlovitz prefers to stay in the background. The kibbutz-raised Israeli, who came to Los Angeles in 1982, has wise eyes, an endearing smile and a quiet confidence. A commercial real estate broker, he and his wife are now raising three teenagers. What finally forced Fitlovitz out of his life-long safety zone were his kids, and not in the way most teens make their parents uncomfortable.
Foster kids’ angel of light
Jewish Journal
December 23, 2010
As a child, Lauri Burns thought God was punishing her for something horrible she had done in a past life. How else could she explain the years of beatings by her father that began when she was just 5 years old, or the mental abuse that left her suicidal by her bat mitzvah and led her to drug addiction and prostitution on the streets of Santa Ana?
Teen’s focus on Congo begins at home
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 23, 2010
David Taylor doesn’t see the point in getting emotional about the evils across the globe.
From grief, a dream realized
Danielle Berrin
December 23, 2010
Gabriella Axelrad, a luminous 13-year-old with a striking smile, had been on the final stretch of a family bike ride in Grand Teton National Park when a white van appeared out of nowhere and knocked the last breath out of her lithe dancer’s body.
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