Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Funding kidney research

by Rebekah Blume, Contributing Writer

Entertainment lawyer Ken Kleinberg was hospitalized for five weeks when he became seriously ill in 1999. His doctors eventually diagnosed him with. . .

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

If the shoe fits

By Ryan E. Smith

Kayla Tinucci would never want to walk a mile in the shoes of the disadvantaged children she has vowed to help. “Their feet would be squeezing into. . .

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The gift of life insurance

By Jonah Lowenfeld

Todd Gindy, a certified financial planner, likes to tell a story about Johnny Carson to illustrate how nonprofits miss a big opportunity when they. . .

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Another Soros steps out

by Helen Chernikoff, New York Jewish Week

Alexander Soros — what a catch! And not just for the obvious reason. Sure, papa George is worth $22 billion, and as your bubbe says, it’s as easy. . .

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. . .