Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Holocaust survivors’ 11th hour
By Susan Freudenheim
Last week, everyone was scurrying around Zane Buzby’s small but serviceable office, high up in a rather creaky building in downtown Los Angeles.. . .
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Postcards From Hell: Nazi-era documents shed light on fate of families
By Tom Tugend
After arriving by cattle car at Auschwitz, many Jews were handed postcards, with the uniform message thoughtfully prepared by the Nazis.. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Do Jews give less in the recession?
By Jacob Berkman, JTA
While economists say the recession ended more than a year ago, you wouldn’t know it to look at Jewish nonprofits. In an annual list released Nov. 1. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Water Network: Jonathan Greenblatt mixes commerce and giving
Olivia Gingerich
If you can count on a Starbucks on every corner, you can also count on finding a bottle of Ethos water inside. They are the plainly packaged bottled. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
An inspired donation offers a glamorous cruise for survivors
By Roberto Loiederman
Walk into Café Europa at Westside Jewish Community Center on Tuesdays, or the Valley version in North Hollywood on Thursdays, and you’ll find. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Iranian Jewish group’s ‘Project Jacob’ to spur commercial research in Israel
By Karmel Melamed
For a little more than three decades, the Los Angeles-based International Judea Foundation (known as SIAMAK), among the oldest and most active of the. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
In spirit of Tikkun Olam, law firms do good by getting involved
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
How many lawyers does it take to build a library? If you’re expecting a punch line, think again, because despite attorneys’ sharklike. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Jerry B. Epstein: Developer, philanthropist, irrepressible adviser
By Jonah Lowenfeld
Jerry B. Epstein is probably best-known as the developer of two apartment complexes in Marina del Rey. He and his wife also have long been very. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Small change
Amy Hirshberg Lederman
It was nearly 5 o’clock when Susan realized she didn’t have the fresh basil and black olives she needed for the chicken dish she was preparing. . .
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A creative twist on Chanukah giving
Dasee Berkowitz, JTA
When I walked into our local Kmart the night after Labor Day, Christmas music already beckoned shoppers to do what they do best during the great. . .
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Alpert Award Gives Lift to Dancer
By Debra Levine
For a good couple of minutes I was in shock,” said burgeoning ballerina Hana Goldstone, a light giggle punctuating her otherwise grown-up voice.. . .
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Peace in the Middle East?
by Ma'ayan Cohen
Psychotherapist Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein lives on a ranch in Agoura Hills that also serves as headquarters to the peace-seeking Salaam Shalom. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
Future of ORT Schools in Former Soviet Union on Shaky Ground
By Laura Stampler
The Jewish life that once was so vibrant in Eastern Europe was long ago ravaged, if not destroyed — first by the Holocaust and then by communist. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
One Man’s Illness Works to Myeloma’s Benefit
By Danielle Berrin
“Tonight we’ve heard from a small Jew, a medium-sized Jew, and now we’re about to hear from the world’s biggest Jew,” comedian Ray Romano. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jumpstart Nurtures Innovation, Focused on Social Entrepreneurs
by Emily Kaplan, Contributing Writer
Noble goals are not always enough to sustain a nonprofit, and ideas lose momentum when the realities of money and practicality come into play. The. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
Unprecedented Shortage of Jewish Little Brothers
By Jane Ulman
Jason Ramin is eagerly waiting to be matched to a Little Brother by Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles. The 24-year-old marketing. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Giving
By Amy Hirshberg Lederman
I think I may have hit a new low. It felt as if I was channeling my parents as I heard myself complaining about how I miss the “good old days”. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
For the Disabled, Birthright Trips Extra Meaningful
by Gil Shefler, JTA
Pamela Saeks thought her daughter Karly, who has Asperger’s syndrome, would never be able to go on Birthright Israel, the program that offers. . .
Monday, November 16, 2009
New Chief of Federations Looking Golden at His First Annual General Assembly
by Jacob Berkman, JTA
At the General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America earlier this month, Jerry Silverman was the main story, given that this was his. . .
