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Oklahoma tornado: How you can help
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
A prayer for Oklahoma
Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened to the Torah reader chant descriptions of the smoking mountain, the thunderous…
Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
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Justin Timberlake and Coen brothers answer Jewish questions at Cannes
Using his preternatural smoothness, Justin Timberlake saved the Coen brothers from some serious awkwardness at a Cannes press conference for their folk singer film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Sunday. “Jewish…
Sean Penn lobbies for Charedi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country.
Mel Brooks’ top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes [VIDEO]
Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of Brooks’ best Jewish clips.
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Sarah Silverman sings about staying home in ‘Perfect Night’
For your listening pleasure, “Perfect Night,” in which Sarah Silverman recounts the benefits of skipping the club for the couch. Because this is a Silverman production you can expect references…
Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
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SpaceIL: Israel’s race to the moon
One day in 2015, a small Israeli spacecraft will land on and reconnoiter the moon, joining the United States and former Soviet Union in the world’s most exclusive extraterrestrial club.
Super Sunday’s fundraising and activism
More than 450 people took part in fundraising and community service activities Feb. 10 as part of Super Sunday, during which The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Jewish Federation Valley Alliance raised $1,942,736 as part of its annual fundraising campaign.
At one-film-a-year pace, Woody Allen not slowing down
Funny, serious, and controversial, Woody Allen’s films evoke many emotions—but his Jewish upbringing sticks out in them like a matzo ball in chicken soup.
Funny business in Israel
New York’s UJA-Federation sets event fundraising record
A record $44 million was pledged at the inaugural event of UJA-Federation of New York’s 2012 annual campaign.
Oakland day school raises $1 million in 10 months
The Oakland Hebrew Day School in California has raised $1 million in 10 months to match a grant from an anonymous donor.
Chabad Telethon to air on Sunday
The 31st Chabad “To Life” Telethon, Chabad of California’s highest-profile annual fundraising event, is scheduled to air on KTLA at 8 p.m. on Sunday, this time with former talk-show host Larry King as its celebrity host.
Study: Giving to Israel down 16 percent between ‘06 and ‘09
Giving to Israel decreased by 16 percent between 2006 and 2009, exhibiting the same trends as overall American giving, a study found.
Mazon doling out $3 million in grants to fight hunger
Mazon said it has awarded more than $3 million in grants for 2011 to agencies dedicated to fighting hunger.
Jewish federations see a slight dip in fundraising
North American Jewish federations generated nearly $2.5 billion for program needs in 2010, according to their umbrella group. The Jewish Federations of North America raised about $925 million last year in its 157 federated and 300 network communities, down from the 2009 campaign totals of $938 million. JFNA spokespeople attributed the dip to the continued economic downturn. In 2008, the annual campaign raised $1.04 billion.
Jewish fund calls for grant proposals
The Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund of Los Angeles (JVPF), in collaboration with The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, is currently seeking grant proposals. Any local, national and Israel-based Jewish nonprofit can submit a request for funds.
JDC mulls fund-raising changes
An internal policy committee at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is offering the organization's board 13 formal recommendations for revamping how it raises money -- many of which could have a major impact on the North American network of local Jewish charitable federations.
Temple bingo— a gamble if it’s a good way to raise funds
Typically associated with American Legion halls, Elks clubs and churches, the sedentary game that caters to seniors is not often associated with Jewish houses of worship. But a few synagogues across the Southland have offered weekly bingo nights as temple fundraisers for decades
Briefs: Newsweek ranks the rabbis, ‘Passover in a Box’
News Briefs
Briefs: Special needs kids program needs help; Singles and greening become Big Sunday specialties
A program for kids with emotional and behavioral disabilities is in danger of closing before the end of this school year if it does not come up with new sources of funding.
Big Sunday, the ever-expanding Southern California annual volunteer weekend, announced plans for Big Sunday '08 Thursday night at the Bel-Air Presbyterian Church.
Bet Tzedek benefit gathers lawyers and money
Barristers filled the ballroom to celebrate Bet Tzedek and the people who devote themselves to public service and social justice. More than 1,000 of Los Angeles' most talented and generous lawyers pooled $2.3 million for "The House of Justice" during the 20th annual Dinner Gala on Jan. 22. They demonstrated their support for an organization that annually provides myriad legal services free of charge to 10,000 Los Angeles residents in need.
Federation aids Jewish food agencies’ hunger needs
It all started with powdered milk.
Last April, SOVA Community Food & Resource Program, which operates three food pantries and resource centers in Los Angeles, ran out of powdered milk, so the directors decided to solicit directly from their support network. They sent out a memo to local synagogues and schools asking for powdered milk donations.
Charity fulfills dreams of young Israeli cancer patients
The small group inched forward through the dark walkway, clinging to one another. They giggled as they glanced nervously around at the bloody limbs strewn on the floor and thick cobwebs covering the walls. A ghastly creature lunged at them from a dark corner, and the terrified bunch shrieked. They finally made it out of the House of Horrors at Universal Studios, thanks to the guidance of a slightly annoyed teenage employee.
Key questions can answer donation motivations
I opened my mailbox to find several letters, a few bills and a host of requests for donations from various organizations that I have supported over the years. Because I am a stickler for organization, I sort the letters, place the bills in a folder marked "Look at me soon!" and the appeals for donations in one marked "Save the World." Between the needs of my local community, the Jewish community, our country and the world at large, I am seriously thinking about renting a storage unit for the hundreds of requests I receive annually.
Can nonprofits rake it in with raffles?
A growing number of nonprofits are looking toward raffles with huge prizes -- generally a house, or a cash alternative -- as a way to bring in large sums of money. A sold-out home raffle would bring in more than $1 million for a nonprofit.
Welcome to the new world of do-it-yourself Jewish philanthropy
Chabadmania, Ed Asner, Jewish Big Brothers and Sisters
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Scene and Heard
Waiting for Ratner, the king formerly known as Solomon
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School to raffle off million-dollar home
Kadima Hebrew Academy is hoping to raise funds through one of the latest tools -- a million-dollar home raffle. Kadima is selling 18,000 tickets at $150 each to give away a furnished and landscaped five-bedroom, four-bathroom, newly constructed home in West Hills.
She paints for the animals
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Technion group fetes two, magic makeover mitzvah, Brad Garrett helps M.A.W.
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Rambam’s Bunnies
What Monty Hall understands is that doctors need money for research and treatment, and the way to get it is to twist some donors' arms, to placate others, to lure still more with images of prancing bunnies, and to provide everyone with fun, good food and a mention in the tribute journal. Leave the noble aims to Maimonides -- this is Jewish philanthropy, circa 2007.
Teens tackle tzedakah dollars
As part of her participation in the Community Youth Foundation -- a program of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles where teens allocate $10,000 in grants -- Teller and her friends visited Shane's Inspiration, a West L.A. playground for the disabled.
Night Music, JFS, Tobin et al.
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Nice helpers, ADL Achievers and Young Leaders
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Fred Hayman Week in Beverly Hills
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Class Notes: Book burning inspires book fair; Shalhevet scribes score; Rocket scientists among us
Education briefs.
‘Warrior for social justice’ Alan Solomont plays key role in Obama campaign
If money is, as former California Treasurer Jesse Unruh said, the "mother's milk of politics," then Alan Solomont is one successful dairyman. Solomont, a longtime leader in Jewish philanthropic and national Democratic political circles, is one of the go-to men when big money is needed.
Teen power, distinguished student, defenders of free speech
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Hillary Clinton leads field in attracting Jewish funds
Obama vs. Clinton is the horse race among Democrats, as the voice of change and the voice of experience pass each other week to week in fundraising and in polls. Among Jewish Democrats, however, it's no race, insiders in the fundraising community say. While Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has generated considerable excitement, the years Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has spent focusing on Israel and other issues of concern to the nation's largest Jewish community puts her firmly in front.
Find your inner cheesecake
What I did not expect was to get a phone call from one of the city's illustrious Orthodox rabbis defending the magical, mystical, community-building power of ... the cheesecake.
Saluting the Alliance; Bully for Binah; Right on, Rifkinds!
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Circuit: LAJFF, Nimoy, Smart
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Briefs: Federation files for permit to demolish pool at New JCC at Milken; Big Sunday is a big success
Community briefs.
Lauding Leiweke; Charitable home run; Friedman reappointed
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Beyond Remembrance
So when I see hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into Holocaust memorials and Holocaust remembrance, I see an unspeakable tragedy for my people, yes, but I also see a missed opportunity. I see this enormous effort to tell us how Jews die, but so little effort to tell us how Jews live -- more specifically, to tell us what is so extraordinary about this Judaism that those 6 million Jews died for.
MS Walk: For my sister, Kaley
When I was 10 years old, my older sister, Kaley, got sick. At first we didn't know what was going on and what was wrong. She woke up one morning with a bunch of weird
symptoms. Her feet were "tingling" and her eyes were moving rapidly from right to left, making her feel like the room was constantly spinning.
Hillcrest Honors ProS; Ancient Digs; Feinstein’s Fanfare
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Good friends; Keeping the Covenant; Marvelous Mandy
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The Circuit
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Slavery lesson stirs Milken students to act
That's why Rabbi Leah Kroll, who is also a rabbi at Stephen S. Wise Temple, founded "Dream Freedom" in 2001. Inspired by a former slave's book of the same name, which chronicles slavery in the Sudan, Kroll has conducted a monthlong project between Purim and Passover every other year to educate Milken's middle school students about the plight of slavery.
It’s all about Queen Esther, Life after the Nobel
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Happy Birthday, Unsung Heroes, Heroes of Sherwood, Rock for Research
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Q&A with Reconstructionist Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz
Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Philadelphia, recently made one of his biannual visits to Southern California.
Federation fires chief fundraiser Craig Prizant
The announcement comes as the Federation is ramping up its fundraising efforts for several major events that are always held during the first few months of the year. The dates are arranged to avoid competition with beneficiary agencies, most of which schedule their events later in the year.
The fab fundraising fifth-grader
Many people took it upon themselves to raise vast sums of money for Israel during the conflict with Lebanon this summer, but how many were still in elementary school?
Marilyn Harran: A Modern Righteous Gentile
Looking forward, Harran dreams of establishing a visiting scholars' program at the university and growing the Holocaust library's small collection, although raising the needed money might prove difficult, she said, given her distaste for fundraising.
Mormons remove Wiesenthal from 'baptism' registry; Philanthropist funds series on composers suppressed by Nazis
Community Briefs
ORT Ovation; Law and Laughter; Stand and Deliver
Fate of Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance rests with Israeli high court
Five ways to make <I>your</I> federation better
Federations are one of the great success stories in American philanthropy.
‘Top 400’ misses full picture of Jewish philanthropic giving
Jewish groups look to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of top 400 fundraising organizations to see how well Jewish philanthropy is doing.
Media reporters meet community; Karnit Goldwasser appeals for help
Community
Tri-ing to raise funds for Israel; gems of wisdom for 5767
Tri-ing to Raise Funds for Israel; Gems of Wisdom for 5767.
Israel, U.S. Act on Request for Renewable Energy
Under the proposed U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, scientists and engineers from both countries would focus on research, development and commercial use of renewable energy from solar, wind, hydrogen and biofuel sources.
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