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State Budget Crisis Threatens Jewish Social Service Programs

Four Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles programs that serve the elderly, disabled and frail may end up casualties of the state budget crisis, which leapt to a new level of urgency Tuesday as California lawmakers failed to pass budget revisions before a July 1 deadline.

Don’t Discard Liberal Jewish Groups

Gary Wexler levels the charges that Americans for Peace Now (APN), along with other organizations associated with American Jewish liberals, are obsolete. He writes that
we are ignoring the \”real\” threats facing Israel such as those emanating from Syria and Iran, that we are out of touch with the mainstream for questioning the efficacy of Israel\’s current military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, that we are wrong to believe a peace partner exists on the other side and that our \”knee-jerk\” reactions and inability to recognize and react to the redefining of American Jewish support for Israel will prove to be our ultimate downfall.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor: Bush administration\’s failure to deal with violence in the Middle East; maintaining Jewish unity instead of deference to the Jewish Left; Torah portion by Rabbi Lisa Edwards on Leviticus; response to Michael Steinhardt on Jewish philanthropy; and more.

Face It: Judaism Is Not Hip

I was an advertising agency copywriter and creative director. I was trained to be one of the manufacturers of hip. I would sit in offices and create hip, and then watch all those people lust after the creations. I reveled in hip.

Disaster Exposes Government Failures

President Bush and Congress talk a good game when it comes to homeland security, but the tragic truth is that the country is less able to cope with disasters than before Sept. 11, 2001. The proof is on the flood-ravaged streets of New Orleans, where an unprecedented natural disaster quickly produced violent anarchy and a flaccid government response that multiplied the suffering.

For all the money thrown at preparing for massive terror attacks and other disasters, the new Department of Homeland Security looked more like a Third World bureaucracy, as armed gangs roamed the city and people died for lack of food, water, sanitation and medical supplies.

Letters

While I appreciate The Journal\’s attempt at Purim humor, as a long time and very proud shtreimel wearer, I was saddened by your cover of Michael Jackson, currently under indictment and on trial for [alleged] child molestation (Purim Cover, March 25).

Efforts Under Way to Raise Aid Funds

Local and national Jewish organizations have mobilized to help tsunami victims and invite the community to participate, as well.\n\n

Federation Vows to Help Jewish Poor

Jews have long had a reputation as being among the most successful minority groups in the country. For the most part, they are. But as a new report from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles makes clear, not all Southland Jews live large.

Wal-Mart Stops Selling Hate

Bowing to mounting pressure from Jewish groups, Wal-Mart has decided to stop selling \”The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion\” at its Web site.

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