The CST model may not be a perfect fit, and it wouldn\’t replace increased help from the local and federal governments, but a closer look at it may provide a new and improved way to address the increased security needs of our community.
No matter what the profit, most synagogue administrators agree that the yearly celebrations are helpful morale boosters.
\”The world exists only because of the innocent breath of schoolchildren,\” attributed to Jewish sages, first century Talmud.
The Federation raised more than $4 million this year on Super Sunday, $1 million less than last year\’s $5 million tally. But organizers say that a new fundraising strategy this year has rendered the single-day total superficial.
In the grim underground parking lot of the Rishon LeZion shopping mall in central Israel, hundreds of men and women of all ages are nervously sitting, standing restlessly or milling around, their faces weary, their eyes expectant.
The doors of the 107th Street Elementary School opened at noon; reggae music blared over the sound system and pizza was ready to be served.
We don\’t shut down something important; we find a solution (\”Centers in Crisis,\” Dec. 7).
Reading Is Fundamental
It\’s accepted wisdom that when children read, they develop wider vocabularies, score higher on intelligence tests and display more enthusiasm to pursue higher education. But many children don\’t have access to books, even at school.
This is by way of being an advance notice, a leg up, if you will.\nAt the start of the upcoming school year, the Jewish Federation will embark on a new venture, Koreh L.A., the Los Angeles Jewish Coalition for Literacy. Its staff is busy (today) setting in place a cadre of volunteers who will work with third-graders in Los Angeles\’ public schools. The goal is simple: try to help improve reading ability — literacy is the formal phrase — by concentrating one-on-one with individual schoolchildren. That\’s one volunteer assigned to work with one specific child one hour each week for the duration of the school year. Its virtue to me is that this is direct, purposive and personal; and, not to be underestimated, it is also modest in scope.
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