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Yaroslavsky reflects on decision to leave politics

Jewish Journal August 23, 2012

In an interview with The Journal on Thursday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said that he hasn’t spent much time yet thinking specifically about what he’s going to devote his time and energy to after he leaves public office at the end of his term in 2014, but he said he will continue to work in the areas that have been priorities for him — especially helping to address the needs of the homeless and providing healthcare to those who cannot afford insurance.

Zev Yaroslavsky to retire from politics, won’t run for mayor

Ryan Torok August 23, 2012

Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky has announced that he will not enter the 2013 L.A. mayoral race, despite having entertained the possibility for many months, and will leave politics altogether once his term with the L.A. Board of Supervisors ends in 2014.

L.A. leaders denounce IOC at Munich 11 commemoration

Ryan Torok July 27, 2012

Community leaders gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum today to observe a moment of silence for the 11 Israelis killed during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The leaders also denounced the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its refusal to hold a similar commemoration during the opening ceremonies of the London Olympic Games.

Israel Festival: dancing with Eyal Golan

Ryan Torok May 1, 2012

At the end of a long day of festivities Sunday, the crowd screamed as Israeli singer Eyal Golan wrapped an Israel flag around his body onstage at Rancho Park’s Cheviot Hills Recreation Center.

Dance with who brung you

Jewish Journal September 28, 2011

That Zev Yaroslavsky is the most important local elected Jewish official is beyond dispute. For over three decades he has been a voice of reason and courage for, to and in the Jewish community.

Yaroslavsky observes Nigeria’s democratic process

Bill Boyarsky April 26, 2011

Zev Yaroslavsky’s latest nation-building assignment wasn’t easy. Dispatched to Nigeria as part of an international corps of election observers, he checked on polling places during elections this month in a nation better known for ethnic violence and corruption than orderly changes in government.

Yaroslavsky goes out for the count [VIDEO]

Jonah Lowenfeld February 2, 2011

A few minutes into the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count on the night of Jan. 27, Zev Yaroslavsky turned to the driver of the minivan carrying the Los Angeles County supervisor and two of his deputies and asked where the young man was originally from. Tomasz Babiszkiewicz, an outreach case manager with People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), told Yaroslavsky in lightly accented English that he had come to the United States from Poland seven years earlier to study at University of Southern California.

L.A. county passes motion to divest from Iran

Tom Tugend July 21, 2009

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors passed a motion Tuesday morning requesting the county pension fund to divest itself of any assets or funds from any companies doing business with Iranian companies active in energy resource development.

Death to Fanatistan!

Rob Eshman October 2, 2008

The gospel choir sang \”God Bless America.\” If you weren\’t thinking of the Jewish immigrant Irving Berlin who wrote that song, you couldn\’t appreciate the beautiful irony of the moment.

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