Wednesday, February 10, 2010
IKAR’s Brous Tapped as ‘Woman to Watch’
By Danielle Berrin
Jewish Women International celebrated their 12th annual group of “Women to Watch” by honoring IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous with one of its 10 . . .
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SoCal Sports Hall of Fame Inducts 2010 Class
By Carin Davis
Two weeks before the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games kick-off, Southern Californians honored their own top athletes at the 14th Southern California . . .
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
IKAR’s Brous Tapped as ‘Woman to Watch’
By Danielle Berrin
Jewish Women International celebrated their 12th annual group of “Women to Watch” by honoring IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous with one of its 10 . . .
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Three Rabbis Win Hartman Fellowships
By Danielle Berrin
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has awarded three L.A. rabbis the chance to participate in a prestigious three-year fellowship with the . . .
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Frank Gehry Honored
By Danielle Berrin
“Welcome to the house of Hebrew University in Beverly Hills,” said Hebrew University President Menahem Ben-Sasson at the opening of the Jan. 16 . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Beit Issie Shapiro Honors Producer Avi Lerner
By Danielle Berrin
More than 300 entertainment executives and supporters of West Coast American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro gathered to honor Avi Lerner, independent . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld Installed at Temple Beth Am
By Danielle Berrin
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld was installed as the new senior rabbi at Temple Beth Am, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, on Nov. 7. . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
AJC Fetes Prominent UCLA Doctors
By Danielle Berrin
Machers in the business, entertainment, academic and medical communities attended American Jewish Committee’s Distinguished Leadership Award dinner . . .
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Big Brothers Big Sisters Honors Universal Studios Chief
By Tom Tugend
Some 300 friends and admirers turned out at Santa Monica’s Fairmont Miramar Hotel on Nov. 19 to fete Larry Kurzweil, as the president and chief . . .
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Stars Shine on Friends of IDF Gala Fundraiser
By Orit Arfa
The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region gala, held Dec. 17, 2009, at the Beverly Hilton, raised more than $5.2 million to . . .
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Leaders Gather for a Farewell to Fishel
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
The city’s top Jewish lay leaders, professionals, rabbis, heads of organizations, and political leaders packed into the Cotsen Auditorium at the . . .
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
L.A. Holocaust Museum Gets Large Turnout to Fundraiser
By Danielle Berrin
Despite a tense giving environment, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust reported a 50 percent increase in attendance at their second annual . . .
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Weizmann Institute, Nobel Recipient, Feted
By Danielle Berrin
Rhona Bader hosted a brunch at her home on behalf of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. At the event, Marshall . . .
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Winnick Hosts Bel Air Soireefor Harvard’s David Gergen
By Danielle Berrin
Financier and philanthropist Gary Winnick hosted a dinner at his Bel Air estate, Casa Encantada, on Nov. 19 honoring David Gergen, director of The . . .
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
JFS Hosts Elderly Resource Fair, Honors Volunteer
By Danielle Berrin
For the first time, Jewish Family Service (JFS) and Westside M.A.P.S. (Marketing and Admissions Professionals for Seniors) teamed up to sponsor a . . .
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
AICF Celebrates its Comeback
By Danielle Berrin
The America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) may not be the biggest or best-known Jewish philanthropy in the United States, but on the Israeli . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Vista Del Mar Throws Jazz Fest Fundraiser
By Danielle Berrin
Grammy-nominated artists attracted 800 music lovers to Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services’ first annual jazz festival. . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
B.H. Education Board Teams With MOT for Character Education
By Danielle Berrin
Nooshin Meshkaty, Beverly Hills Board of Education president, and Beverly LeMay, program manager for the Museum of Tolerance’s Tools for Tolerance, . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Mitzvah Day in the Valley
By Danielle Berrin
More than 25 Jewish organizations across the Valley participated in the 13th annual Mitzvah Day on Nov. 1, coordinated by The Jewish Federation . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UCLA Jewish Studies Honors Founding Director
By Danielle Berrin
The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies recently honored founding director Arnold Band, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature, for his . . .
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Celebs Tee Off for Camp Kesem
By Danielle Berrin
The stars aligned for Camp Kesem’s “Fore” the Children Golf Tournament on Nov. 2, attracting the likes of Marcia Cross and Peter Gallagher to . . .
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Families of Fallen IDF Soldiers Honored
By Orit Arfa
Following a similar event organized last year in New York, the Western Region of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces honored local families of . . .
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Israeli ‘Poison’ Wraps Up Fashion Show
By Orit Arfa
When the Israeli electro-rock-pop band Terry Poison strutted onto the stage at the Hollywood Playhouse as the headliner act of the after-party for . . .
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Disco Rabbi, Colin Powell Among Caring Institute Honorees
By Danielle Berrin
A diverse group of do-gooders, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israel’s “disco rabbi,” Yitzhak Dovid Grossman, were among . . .
