Setting the Record Straight
Anthony Gordon
September 7, 2000
The following outlines some of the fundamental flaws in the L.A. Jewish Population Survey of 1997 not reported by other respondents.
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population
Hot Propositions
Eric Roth
March 2, 2000
California\’s ballot initiatives have been making laws and national headlines since 1911. Designed by Governor Hiram Johnson to take politics directly to the people and over the heads of a corrupt legislature, the initiative process often focuses on populist issues. California voters have used their votes to spotlight issues across the political gamut from environmental concerns (Proposition 65) to property taxes (Proposition 13) to immigration (Proposition 187) to affirmative action (Proposition 209), campaign finance reform (Proposition 208), and legal gambling (Proposition 5) .
The Jewish Future
Marlene Adler Marks
December 9, 1999
I have seen the Jewish future and, to my surprise, it still belongs to the Baby Boomers. By now I\’d guess that Boomers would happily cede attention and civic responsibility to Gen Xers and Gen J but nothing doing. One in three Jews today are between ages 35-53, and the needs and demands of this group will dominate Jewish life well into the coming decades.
A Drink from the Same Cup
Orit Arfa
July 16, 1998
If the pursuit of peace in the Middle East will not unite the parties concerned, then one life-sustaining element may. Israeli, Arab and American researchers and engineers have come together to find ways to produce more potable water for agricultural use, as demands for supplies of Middle Eastern and Californian freshwater continue to increase.
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