Parent Wins School Pesticide Battle
Idan Ivri
February 9, 2006
A new law that bans that use of experimental pesticides in schools is the latest achievement of Robina Suwol, a Jewish anti-pesticide activist.
Category
nonprofit
Karen Gilman: What Makes Her Run?
Amy Klein
January 5, 2006
That volunteer work is vast. She served as the sisterhood president of Temple Israel of Hollywood and currently co-chairs its AIDS lunch project, which distributes food once a month. Gilman is also social action chair for the Western Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, which presents the women\’s positions on legislative policy.
Steven Firestein: Making Magic for Children
Marc Ballon
January 5, 2006
In 1994, a year after his brush with mortality, Firestein founded a nonprofit that would eventually become the Kids Cancer Connection. A descendant of cosmetics magnate Max Factor — whose family has donated millions to local charities — he invested $10,000 to get the project going.
This Time They’re Ready for the Wave
Peter Ephross
December 29, 2005
Some 50 South Indian villagers are spread out along the sandy beach. Women clad in brightly colored saris converse in groups, while men repair fishing nets. Teenage boys playfully tackle each other.
Then, the residents of Vellakoil get some news from fellow clansmen: Dangerous weather is on the way.
A year ago, when the tsunami hit, 19 died in this village of less than 500; 14 were children. And everyone\’s house and belongings were washed away.
This time, they are ready.
Preschool Project Strives to Educate All
Rabbi Eli Hecht
December 8, 2005
King Solomon was known to have coined the expression, \”Educate the child accordingly so that when he grows old, he will not leave.\” In other words, take advantage of the child\’s education as soon as possible.
In modern times, this admonition certainly applies to preschool, and it\’s something that my day care school, the Bilowit Learning Center, based in the Lomita-Torrance area, has always taken as a mission.
Fight the Minotaur in the Tax Labyrinth
John Chiang
December 1, 2005
This past September, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles, the Zimmer Children\’s Museum and representatives of more than 70 other organizations attended a seminar for nonprofits that I conducted at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
H.O.P.E. for Los Angeles’ Bereaved
Jane Ulman
August 4, 2005
I felt like a third wheel,\” Shirley said. \”I never felt more alone,\” Diane said. \”I felt my oneness,\” Helene added.
Failed Joshua Venture’s Serious Failings
Gary Wexler
April 14, 2005
Now that it has been \”formally put to death and buried,\” as one of its grantees told me, I feel free to speak out about the Joshua Venture, a supposed breakthrough organization, subsidizing the ideas of nonprofit professionals who will be leading the next generation of Jewish life.
Milken Teens Live, Learn on Skid Row
Jane Ulman
April 14, 2005
Keep passing. Keep passing.\” It\’s 6 a.m. on a Monday morning in March, and students from Milken Community High School, wearing hairnets, plastic aprons and gloves, are dishing out hot cereal, sugar, applesauce, milk and a muffin assembly-line style onto blue trays.
Dancing the Chai Life
Gaby Wenig
February 3, 2005
Now, 40 years later, The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble (Sommer died in 1969) is no longer dancing in basements or clicking their heels to accordion music. The nonprofit troupe is run by a board of directors and has a full artistic staff, including costume designers, choreographers from Israel and Argentina, and a technical team that ensures that Sommer\’s Israeli folk-dancing vision stays alive. The troupe itself now numbers 47 — including eight vocalists, nine musicians and 20 dancers. They perform in large venues all over the world.
New Articles
John Ondrasik, Jonah Platt Highlight AJC, ADL Press Briefing at UCLA Hillel
Aaron Bandler
May 3, 2024
Shabbat Prayer for Our College Students and Ourselves
Lisa Ellen Niver
May 3, 2024
1,400 Yizkors
Chaim Steinmetz
May 3, 2024
Being Good is Easier to Resist than Sweezy vs New Hampshire
Gershon Hepner
May 2, 2024
A Bisl Torah – Souls Connected
Rabbi Nicole Guzik
May 2, 2024
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.