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In the Center of Controversy

Since 1954, the Westside Jewish Community Center (WJCC) has served as a destination for neighborhood Jews. Near the intersection of Olympic and San Vicente boulevards with Fairfax Avenue, the venerable institution – a branch of the Jewish Com-munity Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA) and the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America, which is a national beneficiary agency of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles – offers an array of educational and recreational outlets, including a preschool, a senior center and physical fitness facilities. Centrally located near the Fairfax district, the WJCC is also central to local Jewish history, the haimish cultural nexus where young and old alike can learn about their heritage and from one another, passing on tradition and deepening community ties.

Remembering Melanie

There is a grimy Arabic sign high on the wall of the imposing new building rising on a rocky, ragged hillside in the West Bank village of Abu Dis.

The PalestinianCapital?

There is a grimy Arabic sign high on the wall of the imposing new building rising on a rocky, ragged hillside in the West Bank village of Abu Dis.

Three’s Company

This was one weird summer for American Jews.

Furrow, Security and Hate

Buford O. Furrow Jr. will be tried first in federal court on charges of murdering a U.S. postal carrier.

Security Measures Come Under Scrutiny

The main reason for the lax security at the North Valley JCC? Quite simply, no one believed anything bad could happen in this peaceful residential neighborhood that\’s nestled against the Valley\’s northern hillside.

The CIA’s Dark Secrets

A Jewish attorney on forced leave from the CIA has decided to file a lawsuit that claims that rampant anti-Semitism at the spy agency has destroyed his career.

Security Amid Rumors of Sex

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has recalled Uri Oren, its ambassador to South Africa, for questioning regarding his much-publicized alleged liaison with a member of the South African military.

Breakfast with Mr. Security

Last Saturday morning, as the Middle East peaceprocess careened toward yet another crisis point, Ariel Sharon washolding court at a back table in the Peninsula Hotel in BeverlyHills.\n\nSharon\’s ample presence was further magnified by astony security detail and a handful of well-heeled local supporters.\”This is a real hero!\” proclaimed Uri Harkham, the Israeli-immigrantowner of the Jonathan Martin clothing company.

Leaving Lebanon

Israel signed the Oslo peace agreement with itsold enemy, Yasser Arafat, because by 1993 the alternatives had becomeinsufferable. The Palestinian intifada, a revolt of thestreet, was sapping the morale of the Israeli army, fighting a futilesix-year battle with one hand tied behind its back. Nightlytelevision footage of soldiers in combat fatigues, chasing teenageboys wielding slingshots and petrol bombs, was undermining Israel\’sdeterrent credibility in its confrontation with the Arab states aswell as its international moral case.

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