YeLAdim yaks with Disney’s Adam Bonnett

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on September 27, 2007

How cool would it be to pick what everyone else gets to watch on television?

Beth Emet Works to Save a Mother’s Life

By Jane Ulman
Published on June 8, 2006

The 200 closely knit families of Burbank's Temple Beth Emet, heeding the precept that all Jews are responsible for one another, are accustomed to providing aid and comfort quietly and inconspicuously. But the congregation has been galvanized to very public action by news that the mother of fellow congregant Roni Razankova's mother, a citizen of Macedonia, has contracted liver cancer and needs urgent medical attention in the United States.

Suit Filed Over Police Shooting of Israeli

By Jim Crogan
Published on February 23, 2006

Police claim Deri was a suspect in a multiagency task force investigation into drug-trafficking, gangs and organized crime. But Jarchi insisted their claims are absurd.

Community Briefs

By Howard Blume
Published on July 14, 2005

The family of an Israeli immigrant fatally wounded by Burbank police has filed a $51 million wrongful death suit against the cities of Burbank and Los Angeles. Assaf Deri, 25, died June 25, 2004, when Burbank undercover officers shot him in a North Hollywood alley.

Wrongful-Death Claim in Burbank Shooting

By Howard Blume
Published on July 7, 2005

The family of an Israeli immigrant killed by Burbank police is pursuing a $51 million wrongful-death claim against the cities of Burbank and Los Angeles. Assaf Deri, 25, died a year ago when Burbank undercover police officers shot him in an alley in North Hollywood.

Attorneys for the family said they filed their claim late last month, just prior to the one-year anniversary of Deri's death, but the filing could not be verified on Friday, when the family went public with the legal action.

From Three to One?

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on January 3, 2002

Can one Jewish Community Center (JCC) serve a population as vast as that of the San Fernando Valley?

That is the question facing Jewish communities from Burbank to Calabasas, and so far, the answer is a resounding no -- even from some of the people who launched the idea in the first place.

A Losing Battle?

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on December 21, 2000

While most outsiders equate Burbank with NBC studios, Carson and Leno, townsfolk see it as a small haven amidst the chaos of Los Angeles.