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Alexis Alagem and Jackie Winnick, Photo by David Alagem

Los Angeles residents Alexis Alagem, 25, and Jackie Winnick, 27, pulled together the support of their social networks at a private back lounge of Bar 210/Plush in Beverly Hills the night of March 12, as a fundraiser for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) relief program in . . .
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Rabbi Sharon BrousWednesday, February 10, 2010
IKAR’s Brous Tapped as ‘Woman to Watch’

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

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’

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

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

“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

More than 300 entertainment executives and supporters of West Coast American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro gathered to honor Avi Lerner, independent . . .

From left: Installing officer Rabbi Barry Dov Katz; Rabbi Adam Kligfeld; retiring Senior Rabbi Joel Rembaum on the Temple Beth Am bimah.Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld Installed at Temple Beth Am

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

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

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 . . .

Jason Alexander and IDF soldiers. (Photo by Peter Halmagyi)Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Stars Shine on Friends of IDF Gala Fundraiser

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 . . .

John Fishel thanked his wife Karen and daughter Jessica for their support over the last 18 years. Photo by Marvin SteindlerTuesday, December 8, 2009
Leaders Gather for a Farewell to Fishel

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

Despite a tense giving environment, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust reported a 50 percent increase in attendance at their second annual . . .

From left: Judy Felsenthal, Mucci Taylor and Rhona Bader.Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Weizmann Institute, Nobel Recipient, Feted

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 . . .

From left: David Gergen, Adam Winnick, Gary Winnick, Karen Winnick, Alex Winnick and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Winnick Hosts Bel Air Soireefor Harvard’s David Gergen

Financier and philanthropist Gary Winnick hosted a dinner at his Bel Air estate, Casa Encantada, on Nov. 19 honoring David Gergen, director of The . . .

Myra Morewitz receives Jewish Family Service’s second Charlotte Kamenir Volunteer of Distinction award at a luncheon at American Jewish University on Nov. 4. From left: Charlotte Kamenir, Jeff Nagler, Kitty Glass, Karen Rosenthal, Myra Morewitz and Paul Castro. Photo by Melody Vargas/Jewish Family ServiceTuesday, December 1, 2009
JFS Hosts Elderly Resource Fair, Honors Volunteer

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 . . .

Gil Shaham,top, and Maya Tamir. Photos by Orly HalevyTuesday, November 24, 2009
AICF Celebrates its Comeback

The America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) may not be the biggest or best-known Jewish philanthropy in the United States, but on the Israeli . . .

From left: Co-chairs Lynn Mabry, Janis Black Warner, Douglas Warner and Sheila E.Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Vista Del Mar Throws Jazz Fest Fundraiser

Grammy-nominated artists attracted 800 music lovers to Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services’ first annual jazz festival. . . .

From left: Myra Lurie, Liebe Geft, Beverly Lemay and Nooshin Meshkaty. Photo by Orly HalevyTuesday, November 17, 2009
B.H. Education Board Teams With MOT for Character Education

Nooshin Meshkaty, Beverly Hills Board of Education president, and Beverly LeMay, program manager for the Museum of Tolerance’s Tools for Tolerance, . . .

Adat Ari El synagogueTuesday, November 17, 2009
Mitzvah Day in the Valley

More than 25 Jewish organizations across the Valley participated in the 13th annual Mitzvah Day on Nov. 1, coordinated by The Jewish Federation . . .

Professor Arnold Band with wife, Ora, and associate professor Carol Bakhos, acting director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies.Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UCLA Jewish Studies Honors Founding Director

The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies recently honored founding director Arnold Band, professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature, for his . . .

Peter Gallagher with Sheba KhodadadTuesday, November 17, 2009
Celebs Tee Off for Camp Kesem

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

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 . . .

Photo by Peter HalmagyiThursday, November 5, 2009
Israeli ‘Poison’ Wraps Up Fashion Show

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 . . .

Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman (above) and Colin Powell.Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Disco Rabbi, Colin Powell Among Caring Institute Honorees

A diverse group of do-gooders, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israel’s “disco rabbi,” Yitzhak Dovid Grossman, were among . . .

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