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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Russian JewsProtest Federation Cut

John Fishel’s e-mail box has been overflowing with some 150 messages protesting the elimination, for budgetary reasons, of special programs for the Russian Jewish community.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Friendship Circle Honors Volunteers and Parents

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Anti-Semitic Incidents Drop Nationally, Climb 21 Percent in California

While anti-Semitic incidents nationwide declined for the fourth straight year in 2008, attacks on Jews jumped 21 percent in California according to an annual audit released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Woody Allen, American Apparel Settle Suit for $5 Million

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: ‘Jew’ Graffiti Confounds Experts

Law enforcement officials and hate crime watchdogs have been confounded over the last few months by a spate of graffiti with the word “Jew” marking multiple locations in the Fairfax area, near Hollywood and on La Cienega Boulevard near the 10 Freeway.

Friday, May 8, 2009

L.A. Clippers to play Tel Aviv’s Maccabi Electra

By Jason Lipeles

On April 29, Israel’s 61st Independence Day, the L.A. Clippers held a press conference announcing a preseason exhibition game with Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, Israel’s most successful basketball team.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: HUC-JIR, Idol Star, UCSB Investigating Emails, Conference Explores Healing

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Valley Cities JCC Will Close in June, Holocaust Remembrance, Israeli Rabbis Advoca

Less than a year after moving into new quarters in Van Nuys, the Valley Cities Jewish Community Center (JCC) has announced it will shutter its doors in June.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Survivor’s Mementos Tell Stories, BIMA and Genesis Summer Programs

Holocaust survivors and their families got a chance to share their legacies with the public April 19 as Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries hosted a Holocaust memorabilia forum at its Simi Valley campus in honor of Yom HaShoah.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Child Abuse, Christian University Jewish Program, Lee Baca

In the last several months, reports from around the country have been confirming what child welfare experts feared: Economic hard times bring a drastic increase in child abuse and domestic violence. Newspapers nationally are reporting 30 percent to 50 percent increases in some regions of the country; in Los Angeles, both Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services and Jewish Family Service (JFS) report spikes in their clientele.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Jewish Community Foundation Releases Report on Madoff

The Special Committee of the Jewish Community Foundation (JCF), formed to investigate how the money manager for many of Los Angeles’ blueblood Jewish nonprofits lost $18 million with Bernard Madoff, released its findings and recommendations last week.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

COMMUNITY Briefs: Radio Show Suspended, Chabad Vandalized, Wisenthal Expansion Approved

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Community Briefs: Greek and Jewish Concert, British Chief Rabbi Address Jews, Solar Power

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

L.A. Receives Emergency Grant, Sinai Head Appointed, Composer Wins Soup Contest

Five communities, including Los Angeles, will split an $11 million emergency grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation for day school and Jewish camp tuition assistance over the next two years. The San Francisco-based foundation will begin paying money out immediately to Jewish federations in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston and its neighboring North Shore, and the greater Washington, D.C., area.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Community Rallies for Woman’s Divorce, UCLA Acquires Jewish Artifacts

Chanting “Stop Abuse” and “Free Your Wife,” 200 people rallied on the eve of Purim in front of the Fairfax-area home of a man who refuses to grant his wife a Jewish divorce.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

L.A. Scholar Wins Book of the Year, USC Hillel Cuts Back on Shabbat Dinners

L.A. Scholar Wins Book of the Year, USC Hillel Cuts Back on Shabbat Dinners

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

AJCongress Closes L.A. Office

AJCongress Closes L.A. Office, Widow of Kidnapped IDF Soldier; Hijacking Hostage to Speak at Heroism Event; Anti-Genocide Group Awards Fellowship

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Super Sunday Calls Raise $4.5 Million

Community Briefs

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

PJA Names New Executive Director

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ramat Zion Breaks Contract With Menitoff

Rabbi Michael Menitoff has been notified that his position as spiritual leader of Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge will be terminated effective March 31. The termination would come 20 months into a five-year contract.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Community Briefs

Six people from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network chain-locked themselves together in front of the Israeli Consulate building’s entrance

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Mayor Villaraigosa Welcomed at Shabbat Service

by Paul Jeser

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was a surprise guest this month at Friday evening's Shabbat services at Stephen S. Wise Temple, after he had accepted an invitation from Rabbi Elie Herscher to allow the congregation to express its appreciation for the mayor's unwavering support for Israel.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Students to Attend Inauguration

Students to Attend Inauguration, Holocaust Educators Workshop Focuses on Moral Development

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Gaza conflict means local anti-Semitism, JFS gets new logo

Los Angeles Jewish day school official is at the center of an investigation that forced Bill Richardson to withdraw from consideration for a Cabinet post.