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Bernard M. Shapiro who founded the El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana in 1957, died Aug. 26. He was 89.\n\nAfter playing golf at the Bel-Air Country Club in 1954, Shapiro wanted to join, but a friend told him he would not be welcome because he was Jewish, Shapiro told the Los Angeles Times in 1998.\n\nWith the help of a few friends, including supermarket owner Eugene Gelson, Shapiro built a member-owned country club that anyone was welcome to join.

Obituaries

Ellen Bartel died July 10 at 89. She is survived by her husband, Nathan; and sons Marvin (Maria) and Alan (Lisa). Malinow and Silverman.

Obituaries

MORRIS APPLEMAN died July 8 at 98.

Obituaries

Michael Angel died June 12 at 87.

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Constantin Andronescu died April 26 at 61.

Privatized El Al to Add Saturday Flight

When 50 Israelis who survived the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami were stranded in Sri Lanka, El Al made good on its commitment to organize and operate rescue missions.

\”When there is a problem, Israelis will go out of their way to help other Israelis,\” said Nira Dror, the Israeli airline\’s vice president and general manager of North and Central American operations.

A Solemn Day in Santa Monica

Santa Monicans call it "the accident." Upon further reflection, some residents also concede that while this word is accurate, it does not capture the enormity of what happened on July 16, 2003.

Imagining Caleb

Our Torah portion devotes more than 60 verses to the census of the Israelites.

Daniel Lembark

Daniel Lembark died at his home in Los Angeles on Feb. 3, 2003 at the age of 78.

Stan Burns

Stan Burns, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, died of heart failure Nov. 5 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital. He was 79.

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