My G-20 Jewish Homecoming

By Jay Firestone
Published on September 24, 2009

State Assembly hopeful is a political and personal bridge builder

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 23, 2008

If elected, one of his top priorities will be California's "quality of life," especially in upgrading the state's infrastructure. "Every one dollar invested in infrastructure adds seven times that amount to the general economy," he said

Briefs: The Milken JCC pool; Valley Cities JCC fundraiser; Iran divestment bill moving forward

Published on June 7, 2007

Briefs

Collegians do the ‘Write Thing’ at GA

By Leni Reiss
Published on November 9, 2006

This will be the 17th year that a select group of Jewish collegians, as members of the Do the Write Thing team, will have its own prestigious place in the General Assembly.

Brotherhood in a Sukkah ... in Iraq

By Rabbi Gary Davidson
Published on October 19, 2006

Being a service member in Operation Iraqi Freedom, I also realized that life, like the sukkah, is temporary. One never knows how long one might live or when one might die.

First Election Round Goes to Jews

By David Finnigan
Published on March 4, 2004

While most Jewish politicians easily won Tuesday's primary election, four out of six Jewish candidates in Los Angeles County Superior Court judge races survived the primaries, with two Jewish women competing this fall in a tough judge's race.

Jewish Candidates Fill County Ballot

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 26, 2004

Jewish candidates will be well represented in the March 2 election, with incumbents in Los Angeles County expected to sail through with no -- or token -- opposition in the Democratic and Republican primaries.

Lawmaker Sees Plan to Cut Funds Failing

By Marc Ballon
Published on April 30, 2003

State Assemblyman Lloyd E. Levine (D-Van Nuys), 33, sits on the influential Assembly Budget Committee. He recently spoke with The Jewish Journal about the possible impacts of Gov. Gray Davis' proposed 15 percent cut in Medi-Cal reimbursements.

Simchat Torah

Published on October 19, 2000

Simchat Torah

State Races Get Hot

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on February 24, 2000

As I made the rounds of endless cocktail parties and debates two weeks before March 7 primary day, I could see that the Jewish community has little reason to cheer term limits, just as it will not likely salute restrictions on campaign contributions, if that should ever come to pass. The Jewish community has spent much of the past 30 years learning the effective use of government for the wider public good. The race between Assembly members Wally Knox and Sheila Kuehl to replace State Senator Tom Hayden is another case of chopping our institutional wisdom at its root. Newly-installed Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, already regarded as one of the most effective and professional legislators of his generation, will be term-limited out of office at the next election term.

Jewish Philanthropy, From A to C

Published on November 25, 1999

There was a sort of informal poll conducted among the delegates who gathered in Atlanta last week for the annual assembly of America's Jewish welfare federations.
The agency that convened them, the newly-designated United Jewish Communities, had scheduled a series of discussions for the assembly's second day on the four "pillars" that sum up its mission: Jewish renaissance, social services, Israel and overseas needs, and fundraising. Delegates were free to pick their "pillar."

Invitation to a Showdown

Published on November 27, 1997

Readers' Quiz: Who was the unhappiest Jew in Indiana last week?