Rebecca Levinson grew up always doing things for the community.
\”This is what you do,\” the 17-year-old junior at North Hollywood\’s Oakwood School, said matter of factly.
This section of the page is a way for you as kids to sound off about an issue. This month\’s Kein v\’ Lo (yes and no) is about camps. Should Jewish kids go to Jewish camps or other kinds of camps?
For several weeks, I had been visiting Nathan, a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism. We had been brought together through the Conejo Valley Friendship Circle, an organization that extends warmth to families in the community that have children with special needs.
In the backlot at Universal Studios, somewhere between the lake where Jaws lurks and the courthouse square where Michael J. Fox sped back to the future, researchers in nondescript trailers are finishing up one of the most ambitious projects involving the Holocaust.
Shoshanim, a magazine for Jewish teenage girls, is celebrating its fifth year in publication with a newly designed Web site, new features and an upgraded layout.
Decades of lecturing around America and of speaking with parents on my radio show have led me to an incredible conclusion: More American parents would be upset with their teenage children if they smoked a cigarette than if they cheated on a test.
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