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Tzedakah With Toys

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal November 13, 2003

When 5-year-old Ariela Weintraub learned about the recent Southern California fires during a family dinner discussion, she was worried. The Santa Monica resident asked her mother, Susan Weintraub, \”Mommy, do you think the children who lived in those burning houses lost their toys?\”

Her mother told her yes, and the youngster ran to her room and returned with a big white teddy bear. To her parents\’ surprise and delight, Ariela announced that she wanted to donate her cherished stuffed animal to a child who lost his or her own toys in the fires.

When Susan Weintraub told her daughter\’s story to Rabbi Karmi Gross, the principal of Maimonides Academy in Los Angeles, which is attended by Ariela and her older sister, the 5-year-old\’s generosity inspired a school toy drive for local children affected by the fires.

Fire-Damaged Temples Take Stock

Tom Tugend November 6, 2003

As 10 wildfires, which ravaged large areas of Southern California, were finally brought under control, Jewish communities joined fellow citizens in facing the aftermath of the painful human and property toll.

Congregations Rally to Aid Fire Victims

Tom Tugend October 30, 2003

By phone, e-mail and word-of-mouth, the bad news kept piling up at Congregation Emanu El in San Bernardino.\n\nThe homes of six families had been burned to the ground in the devastating wildfires sweeping across Southern California.\n\nAnother 30-40 families had been forced to evacuate their homes, and no one knew the present whereabouts of eight other families.\n\nRabbi Douglas Kohn, the Reform congregation\’s spiritual leader, was at the point of utter exhaustion.

Mission to Argentina

Jewish Journal June 12, 2003

Last month, seven Los Angeles rabbis and five community leaders traveled to Argentina for a whirlwind 72-hour trip. The mission, organized by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, helped them gain firsthand knowledge of the crisis in Argentina. Upon their return to Los Angeles, the leaders have begun promoting the Federation\’s Lifeline to Argentina campaign, a $1 million challenge grant matching every dollar raised. Below are some of their thoughts and photos of the trip.

Food for Thought

Rachel Brand January 9, 2003

Maybe you\’ve noticed that many of the bagel chains today are named after some of the most influential Jewish figures in history — Einstein, Noah. But have you ever stopped to think that maybe it\’s the bagels that spurred all of this insight?

Well, the creators of TheBagel.org, a new Web site connecting and inspiring college students in Southern California, seem to think so.

Beyond the Kitchen

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer December 20, 2001

A roomful of women come together on a chilly December evening in Southern California. They eat, they laugh, they talk. One woman stands up and tells everyone that she learned how to say, \”No.\” Her announcement is met with applause. Another stands up and says how happy she is that she has the support of her friends and family.

Crown Jewel

Michael Aushenker August 31, 2000

Settling with a cup of coffee into the comfortable armchair in his new office, Rabbi Mark Diamond might need to get used to doing a lot more sitting.

The Cardinal Comes to the Board of Rabbis

Ruth Stroud December 3, 1998

In a historic address to the Board of Rabbis of Southern California last week, Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, called for the elimination of centuries of Catholic and Christian anti-Semitic teaching and a new era of Catholic-Jewish understanding and cooperation.

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