Jewish Studies Flourish on Campus
Tom Tugend
October 24, 2002
Within the last few weeks, a number of developments have added strength and further scope to these programs.
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planning
The Battle Over Mesivta
Wendy J. Madnick
October 24, 2002
The protracted court case, which is now awaiting an environmental impact report (EIR) from the school, shows how badly a school building project can go when met with fiery opposition by the surrounding community.
Thinking Ahead
Marlene Adler Marks
May 16, 2002
Even hypothetically, it\’s not so simple. How do I feel about life-sustaining technology? At what point, if ever, would food and water be a form of futile prolonging of life?
Some Talk, Lots of Action
Wendy J. Madnick
April 18, 2002
The Council of Israeli Community (CIC), an organization primarily known for planning the annual Israeli Independence Day Festival in Los Angeles, is moving in new directions in the wake of the current Middle East crisis.
According to Vice President Haim Linder, the CIC (originally called the Council of Israeli Organizations) came together in 1996 as one arm of a nonprofit umbrella organization called the Promoting Israel Education and Culture Fund. The group adopted its current title and mission statement on Sept. 10, 2001.
\”We got together at Valley Beth Shalom. At noon we went home, knowing we had a new organization, and then we all know what happened the next day,\” Linder said.
For Richer or Poorer
Rebecca R. Kahlenberg
July 12, 2001
It is common to find couples with different, and even conflicting, attitudes toward spending money.
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Beverly Gray
November 18, 1999
Monique Maas Gibbons is co-chair of the Business and Professional Women\’s Division, a branch of the Women\’s Campaign of the United Jewish Fund (and an extension of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles).
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