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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Circuit: Audrey Irmas, JFS Dinner, Beastly Ball

by Rebecca Abeles

Philanthropist Audrey Irmas, longtime supporter of L.A. Family Housing, held her 80th birthday celebration at the Sydney M. Irmas Transitional Living Center in North Hollywood May 30. Named for her late husband, the center shelters families in the midst of moving out of homelessness as part of the L.A. Family Housing organization. Families currently residing in the Transitional Living Center enjoyed art activities, a catered luncheon and a moon bounce in Irmas’ honor.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

L.A. County Supervisor Antonovich Protests 2010 Wagner ‘Ring Festival L.A.’

By Laura Stampler

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich is objecting to Los Angeles Opera's long-planned 2010 "Ring Festival LA" because of its celebration of the composer Richard Wagner.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New Wall in Jerusalem Honors Soldiers

A wall is going up in Jerusalem, this one to honor the soldiers who fought and fell in the 1948 and 1967 wars to defend and reunify Israel’s capital city.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Record Attendance at Israel Film Festival

By Danielle Berrin

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Gunther Debuts Book at Peace Now Party

By Danielle Berrin

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

AJU Awards $10,000 to Screenwriter

By Danielle Berrin

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.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

L.A. brings its clout to AIPAC

by Hillel Kuttler

David Yahudian endured embarrassment and fear growing up in Teheran. On walks in the market, his father ordered him to tuck the Magen David necklace inside his shirt and — even worse — called him by an alias, Ali, rather than by his overtly Jewish name. Following an Israel-Iran soccer match at the 1974 Asia Games, he saw fans burning Israeli flags in the parking lot.

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.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Hollywood Reminisces With Jewison

By Danielle Berrin

Norman Jewison is not Jewish, though his name quite literally begs the question. In fact, the association of “Jewison” and “Jewish” is so strong there is a section in his Wikipedia entry devoted to debunking the myth: “Notwithstanding his alliterative surname ... Norman Jewison is not Jewish. He was raised in a Protestant family.”

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.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Villaraigosa Runs Hard for 2nd Term on Record, Future

by Tom Tugend and Brad A. Greenberg

Villaraigosa Runs Hard for 2nd Term on Record, Future

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

JewishJournal.com LIVE: Survival of a Jewish Nonprofit

By Jay Firestone

On Thursday morning, Feb. 19, JewishJournal.com will broadcast LIVE from the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. At around 8:40 am, tune in to watch “The Lean Years: Strategies for Survival,” a conference dedicated to creating a greater conversation about surviving the economic crisis as a Jewish nonprofit.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Neighbors’ Hopes Ride High for Historic Shul’s Revival

By Lilly Fowler

Neighbors’ Hopes Ride High for Historic Shul’s Revival

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

UCLA Symposium on Gaza Ignites Strong Criticism

By Tom Tugend

Academic seminars are so numerous at UCLA that they rarely have much of an afterlife, but this has not been the case with the symposium on “Human Rights and Gaza” held Jan. 21 on campus.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Fifth District Race: You Can’t Be Too Jewish

By Tom Tugend

When Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss is asked why he gets involved in a zoning fight between an Orthodox yeshiva and its neighbors, well outside his own territory, he answers that as the Fifth Council District incumbent he represents the entire Jewish community.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Super Sunday Calls Raise $4.5 Million

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Israeli Consulate Election Celebration Draws Crowd

By Tom Tugend

Adriana Martinez and Brenda Larios, two bright teenage students at Franklin High School, showed up at the Israeli Consulate’s election party midday Tuesday to scope out the issues and candidates in Israel’s elections for their political science class.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

One Year Later, Gold’s Changes Face Kudos, Backlash

By Brad A. Greenberg

People are starting to get the message that The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles isn’t going to be their grandparents’ umbrella organization, a place that year-in-year-out supplies office space and significant support to blue-blood agencies without being selective or soliciting competition for funds.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Candidates Seeking Out Support of Iranian Jews

By Karmel Melamed

Iranian Jews, as well as other Iranian Americans, are being courted for contributions and political support in the run-up to the March 3 elections for Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles city council races, but nearly two years after Beverly Hills City Councilman Jimmy Delshad was sworn in as the first Iranian American mayor in the United States, a hoped-for bounce that would find more Iranian Jewish candidates entering area races has yet to materialize.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Jewish Community Library May Merge, Move

By Julie G Fax

Linda Sanders needed some old Yiddish music to cheer up a 98-year-old woman she visited regularly, and she knew just where to find the obscure recordings — at the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, in The Jewish Federation building on Wilshire Boulevard.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Plans for Two Senior Living Facilities Stir Controversy

By Lilly Fowler

The story is much the same in both Los Angeles and Long Beach: The proposed construction of a senior assisted-living facility has created heated controversy, pitting residents against developers, and, in both instances, laying the groundwork for costly legal battles.

Monday, January 26, 2009

John Fishel Resigns Post as President of Federation

By Brad A. Greenberg