Jewish groups praise security grants, despite major cuts

Published on February 22, 2012

Jewish groups praised the Obama administration and Congress for $10 million in new homeland security grants while noting that the allocation was nearly halved from last year.

Jewish Community Foundation awards $1 million in grants to Israeli nonprofits

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on December 22, 2011

The Los Angeles Jewish Community Foundation has awarded a total of $1 million in grants to five Israel-based organizations to support programs aimed at spurring economic development in Israel, offering Jewish education for officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and job and entrepreneurship training for Jewish- and Arab-Israeli women.

Jewish Community Foundation seeks proposals for cutting edge grants

By Ryan Torok
Published on September 7, 2011

The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (JCFLA) is currently accepting proposals for its 2012 Cutting Edge Grants Initiative, which offers funding to organizations developing innovative programs that serve the Jewish community in Los Angeles.

Mazon doling out $3 million in grants to fight hunger

Published on June 28, 2011

Mazon said it has awarded more than $3 million in grants for 2011 to agencies dedicated to fighting hunger.

Tuition grants, endowments to benefit day schools

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 10, 2011

More than half the students in Los Angeles Jewish day schools receive financial aid to pay tuition, which runs between $12,000 and $30,000 per year. And with both tuition and the number of students requiring aid expected to continue climbing, BJE: Builders of Jewish Education is partnering with local donors and national organizations both to alleviate the immediate crisis and work toward long-term solutions for lowering the cost of Jewish education.

Congregations offering loans and grants to lure young families

Published on February 7, 2011

They were looking to move anyway, said Stephanie Butler. And the $50,000 incentive being offered by Temple Emanu-El in Dothan, Ala., to young Jewish families willing to relocate helped tip the scales. “We never would have looked at Dothan if not for this program,” she said.

MacArthur Jews

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 22, 2009

Briefs: Olympic-Pico traffic plans on hold; Pearl lecturer says Israel is not surrounded by hostile

Published on March 8, 2008

Community briefs.

Show Gaza Sympathies to the Other

By David N. Myers
Published on August 25, 2005

The disengagement from Gaza has exposed raw emotions and wrenching scenes of families being uprooted from their homes of decades.

Religion Briefs: All Are Welcome

By Amy Klein
Published on August 18, 2005

Religion. Within the parameters of Judaism it can mean many things.

Israel’s Stem Cell Pioneers

By Adam Wills
Published on June 30, 2005

Under a microscope in a research lab at the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine in Haifa, a colony of embryonic stem cells floats in a brilliant ochre-colored universe of fetal mouse tissue, which nourishes the cells. Years from now, this tiny sample could very well be a key to unlocking the cure for cancer or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's and paralysis.

It would come as no surprise to experts in the field if some of these cures emanate from the laboratories of Israeli scientists, such as Dr. Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor.

Wilshire Boulevard Gambles on Future

By Gaby Wenig
Published on November 11, 2004

On any given day, Wilshire Boulevard Temple's Audrey and Sydney Irmas Campus in West Los Angeles is a hub of activity. Built seven years ago for $30 million, the campus attracted new members like a magnet. They came flocking to enroll their children in day school or religious school or attend the many other activities the campus offered.

Now it wants to repeat its success in a part of town that is far less congruous with Jewish life than the Westside: Koreatown. The temple is planning on spending $30 million to revamp its Wilshire Boulevard property and to turn it into a major Mid-City Jewish destination.

Community Briefs

Published on September 16, 2004

Community Briefs

Congress Weighs Nonprofit Security

By Idan Ivri
Published on June 3, 2004

The High Risk Nonprofit Security Enhancement Act of 2004 currently before Congress would allocate $100 million in grants and up to $250 million in government-guaranteed loans for security improvements to nonprofit organizations in 2005, with similar amounts in 2006 and 2007, along with $50 million in grants to law enforcement.

The Circuit

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 9, 2003

The Circuit

Community Briefs

Published on September 11, 2003

Community Briefs

Promoting Medical Care in Israel

By Beverly Gray
Published on September 4, 2003

Even when Jews packed medical school classrooms, there were few organizations dedicated to their special concerns.

The Circuit

By Michael Aushenker
Published on May 15, 2003

All traces of the solemnity and sadness of Holocaust Remembrance Day were gone by nightfall when the gang from New York-based Heeb Magazine threw their first West Coast party at the Hollywood-and-Vine hotspot Deep.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on May 30, 2002

World Briefs

Community Funding

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on February 28, 2002

An Israel advocacy mobile unit for college campuses. A community rabbi to cover the West San Fernando Valley. A series of cultural events to forge bonds between the Jewish communities of the East Valley. These are just a few of the innovative programs to be launched by grants from The Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on February 14, 2002

Almost 60 years after they risked their lives to rescue Jews during the Holocaust, a Dutch couple and a one-time Polish partisan will be honored as Righteous Among the Nations on Sunday, Feb. 17 at the annual luncheon of the 1939 Club.

Westside JCC May be Rescued

By Michael Aushenker
Published on December 27, 2001

Of the five doomed Los Angeles area Jewish Community Centers (JCC), at least one center's membership is not rolling over without a fight. About 100 members showed up for a Sunday morning emergency meeting Dec. 23 at the Westside JCC's Birch Auditorium, where, in a dramatic turn of events, members raised the lion's share of the $129,000 needed by Dec. 31 to keep most of the WJCC in operation at least until June 30. At the meeting, Paula Pearlman, Westside JCC advisory board leader, shared with the membership the fiscal breakdown of what it would take to keep the center open in the short and long term.