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Is America Ready for a Jewish President?

Mel Levine June 19, 2003

Because of our history, American Jews have had reason to worry about anti-Semitism and scapegoating, but we have also worked to break down barrier after barrier in virtually every aspect of American life.

Today, we have the opportunity to break down perhaps the most important barrier: that a Jew cannot be elected president of the United States. And ironically, the skepticism on this issue comes not from non-Jews but from Jews.

Marlene Marks’ Spirit on the Web

Beverly Gray June 5, 2003

Jana Rosenblatt\’s founding partners in Five Chicks Unlimited are four local businesswomen who have been touched by cancer. They bring expertise in finance, product research, Web design and customer service to the site.

Rabbi Fields Passes Torch of Leadership

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 29, 2003

When Rabbi Harvey Fields becomes rabbi emeritus on June 1, after serving for 21 years, Rabbi Steven Leder will succeed him — a transition the two have been preparing for, along with the staff and the board, for the past three years.

Rabbi Revolution

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 29, 2003

With the retirement this year of several prominent senior rabbis, youthful faces have come to occupy the majority of Westside pulpits and others throughout the city, a confluence of vitality that has the potential to herald the beginning of a new era for the wider Los Angeles Jewish community.