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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Jewish Home’s Annenberg School Graduates 18 Nurses

by Emily Kaplan, Contributing Writer

After being laid off from her job as a network-programming engineer, Jennifer Imbag asked God what she should do with her life. One night soon afterward, she dreamed she was in a white coat in a white room. Not yet understanding what the dream meant, she continued on the search for her next step, only to have the message made clearer by a fortune cookie that read, “You could prosper in the field of medicine.”

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

FBI Notified of UCI Muslim Group’s Fundraising

by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer

Administrators at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have sent information to the FBI alleging that members of the university’s Muslim Student Union (MSU) collected money at a campus event, which was given to an organization that provided funds to Hamas.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Anti-Defamation League Statement on Shooting at Synagogue

Alison Mayersohn, Senior Associate, Director Pacific Southwest Region Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League expressed deep concern about the shooting this morning at Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

False bomb threat at Wilshire Blvd. Temple drew LAPD to the scene

By Tom Tugend

The Los Angeles police bomb squad searched the premises of Wilshire Boulevard Temple after the synagogue’s security guards reported an unattended canvas shopping bag lying inside the gate.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Two shot at North Hollywood synagogue, warning issued to Jewish schools

By Adam Wills

The Los Angeles Police Department has issued an alert to all Jewish day schools and synagogues after two men were shot early this morning in the parking lot of Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Shooting at North Hollywood synagogue

JTA

Two people were shot in the legs at a synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Memo to Chief Bartow

by Jack Weiss

The Police Commission and the Mayor are reaching out as they consider possible finalists to succeed LAPD Chief Bill Bratton. One person who should be on their call list but isn’t is Gene Bartow.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fans Embrace Maccabi Electra at Staples

by Lee Barnathan, Contributing Writer

It’s a long way to fly for a home game, but that was the effect when Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv’s players walked into Staples Center, more than 7,500 miles from Israel, to play the Clippers in an exhibition game on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Rather than wearing the blue uniforms normally associated with a Maccabi away game, the players wore home gold, which gave the superficial appearance of a Lakers-Clippers match-up.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Kathy Ireland Named Sheba Ambassador

By Orit Arfa

Supermodel turned supermogul Kathy Ireland has been named the international ambassador of Holyland Heroes, a new Friends of Sheba Medical Center campaign to raise awareness and support of wounded soldiers and victims of terror being treated at Sheba’s National Center for Rehabilitation.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Cedars-Sinai Under Fire for Radiation Overdoses

By Tom Tugend

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a widely respected Jewish institution, is facing lawsuits, investigations and embarrassment after heavy overdoses of radiation administered to 206 patients went undetected for 18 months.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Assemblymen Announce Iran Divestment Legislation

by Ryan Torok, Contributing Writer

California Assemblymen Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) have announced plans to introduce legislation in January that would prohibit California public entities from doing business with corporations that have contracts with Iran’s energy sector.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Women Rabbis Shed Light on Unique Roles

By Danielle Berrin

Nearly 40 years since the Reform movement ordained the first female rabbi in America, women rabbis have become an integral force in American Jewish movements outside Orthodoxy, and their experience, thought to be distinct from that of men, has become a topic of curiosity.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

[VIDEO] Women Rabbis: Trailblazers and Innovators

By JewishJournal.com

Video footage from "Women Rabbis: Trailblazers and Innovators"

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Family Stone: An Echo Park Furniture Store Saga

TheEastsiderLA.com

When the Stone family opened up their Echo Park furniture store in the 1940s, most of the clientele was Jewish.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

When Havdalah haunts Halloween

By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA

There will be no eerie glow coming from your Havdalah candle on Saturday evening, Oct. 31. No boiling or toiling in your Kiddush cup or smell of sulfur in your spice box.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

A Dad’s Point-of-View

by Bruce Sallan

One of the clichés about volunteerism is that "you get more than you give." In my case, it was true in ways and means I least expected. I’ve just become a Big Brother, again, to a 7-year-old boy and a mentor to a 23-year-old young man. As these relationships are new, I don’t yet know what lessons I will learn. But I know well the lessons I learned the first time around.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Waxman Imparts Capitol Hill Wisdom

By Tom Tugend

The record shows that Henry Arnold Waxman was born 70 years ago in Boyle Heights. Less documented is the widely held belief that he was delivered as a fully formed politician.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Jumpstart L.A. Receives Grant

By JewishJournal.com

The Jewish Community Foundation has awarded a three-year, $250,000 grant through its Cutting Edge Grant Initiative to Jewish Jumpstart.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

California Assemblymen to put pressure on corporations dealing with Iran

By Ryan Torok, Contributing Writer

As the international Jewish community becomes increasingly skeptical about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assertion that he has no intention of pursuing nuclear weapon capabilities, California assembly members Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) announced Tuesday that in January, they will introduce legislation that would prohibit California public entities from doing business with corporations that have contracts with Iran’s energy sector.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Muslims, Buddhists,Christians and Jews Unite to End Hunger in L.A.

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

More than 150 Muslim, Christian, Jewish and other faith leaders met last week under a sukkah to vow to work together to put an end to hunger in Los Angeles.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

L.A. Groups Cited for Innovation

By Tom Tugend

Three Los Angeles organizations have won spots in a listing of the 50 hottest, most innovative and cutting-edge Jewish nonprofits in the United States and Canada.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Neo-Nazis Rally in Riverside

by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer

Three neo-Nazis unfurled large swastika flags outside a Riverside synagogue on Oct. 2 as congregants gathered inside for Shabbat and Sukkot prayers.

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 those honored on Oct. 13 by the Caring Institute, the Mother Teresa-inspired nonprofit, which promotes the values of caring, integrity and large-scale public service.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Latino Pentecostals, Jews Celebrate Sukkot

By Roberto Loiederman

Hundreds of Latino Pentecostal pastors and congregants milled outside Sinai Temple’s sanctuary on Oct. 8, waiting to go inside. They had come from Downey, Cypress Park, Compton and other places far from the Wilshire Corridor, where Sinai Temple is located. They’d also come from cities even farther away: Fresno, San Antonio, Tijuana.