New Jew breaks ground

By Ryan Torok
Published on November 15, 2012

Months after the former JCC at Milken closed its doors at the Bernard Milken Campus in West Hills, officials representing the property’s new owners — New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS) — organized a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new campus.

What will happen when the JCC at Milken closes?

By Ryan E. Smith
Published on June 27, 2012

Jacques Hay knows that the end isn’t always the end. When he learned that the JCC at Milken in West Hills will close on June 30 to become the home of New Community Jewish High School, he could have despaired. After all, Camp Chesed, the summer camp for Jewish children with special needs that he founded, had operated out of the location for 16 years.

Beating Tim Cook, CNN to the punch: recent Milken School grad uncovers Apple’s secrets

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 18, 2012

As Milken School prepares for independence, four administrators plan to depart

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 4, 2012

One year after the plan was first announced, the boards of Milken Community High School and Stephen S. Wise Temple have finalized the terms of the agreement that will sever the ties between the 750-student middle and high school and the large Reform synagogue that established it more than 20 years ago.

Anti-Semitic flags found near Milken Campus

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 8, 2012

A Milken Community High School official reported the discovery of anti-Semitic renderings of the Israel flag in front of and near its middle school campus on March 1.

Anti-Semitic flags found near Milken campus

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 2, 2012

A Milken Community High School official reported the discovery of anti-Semitic renderings of the Israel flag in front of and near its middle school campus on March 1.

Milken JCC to close in June

By JewishJournal
Published on February 3, 2012

The JCC at Milken in West Hills announced this week that it will shut its doors permanently as of June 30. The 42-year-old center will also close its Early Childhood Center, which has 80 preschoolers, on June 15.

Students pitch Jewish innovation at Milken school

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 20, 2011

Will the future of Judaism come out of a revival of interest in ancient texts and traditions? Or will it be the result of a set of killer Jewish apps yet to be invented? The organizers of the first High School Jewish Futures Conference at the Milken Community High School suggested that the future would most likely involve a little bit of both.

Milken school, Stephen S. Wise Temple severing ties

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 25, 2011

Milken Community High School and Stephen S. Wise Temple are severing ties, both institutions announced on Friday, March 25.

Ten-hut! Milken takes on tackle football

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 1, 2011

Call it the Milken Community High School of Hard Knocks. Thanks to an organizing effort started by two very committed mothers, along with support from school administration and student enthusiasm, Milken is set to become the first local Jewish day school to field a tackle football team — and only the fourth Jewish day school in the country to do so.

Milken Middle School Gets New Campus

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on September 2, 2009

Students at Milken Community High School’s middle school were awarded a first-class upgrade when school opened Monday, as they left behind classrooms in trailers on rented church property and took ownership of a $30 million, high-tech, terraced hillside campus.

Orthodox Students Thrive at Milken

By Rachel Heller
Published on August 26, 2009

Barbara Schloss had gone to Orthodox day schools her whole life. When it came time for high school, she figured, why change?

Phoenix Rises - Milken JCC Readies for Big Splash

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 25, 2009

Science program helps six Milken grads head to MIT

By Adam Wills
Published on August 27, 2008

"One of the things we were really committed to when we started the academy is that kids were not going to fit into the typical box of science classes," said Jason Ablin, Milken's head of school.

Milken JCC board rejects Federation offer

By Jane Ulman
Published on June 14, 2007

Up to now, the New JCC at Milken has avoided closure and selling off its property, the fate of many former Los Angeles JCCs, because of its unique history.

Briefs: The Milken JCC pool; Valley Cities JCC fundraiser; Iran divestment bill moving forward

Published on June 7, 2007

Briefs

Briefs: L.A. Koreans and Jews protest anti-Semitic cartoons published in South Korea; Police Chief Bratton warns terrorism will be threat for the rest of our lives

Published on March 1, 2007

Briefs

Milken School head gets the surprise of her life

By Julie G Fax
Published on December 7, 2006

"I want to recognize and celebrate a person whose intelligence, whose leadership, whose commitment and compassion have made a profound difference in our community, a person who has positively impacted thousands of young people's lives," said Lowell Milken, chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, which gave the naming gift and maintains close ties to the high school.

A night at the homeless shelter

By Jackie Greenspan
Published on November 30, 2006

545 San Pedro Street is an address I will never forget.

It is the Union Rescue Mission downtown, inhabited by homeless individuals that reside in their designated corners on Skid Row. My school, Milken Community High School, offered a community service experience for 21 students, and I found myself at the Union Rescue Mission.

Classnotes: Milken High School rededicates Torah scroll

By Julie G Fax
Published on October 26, 2006

A Torah scroll that twice survived extinction was ushered to its new home in the Lainer Beit Mirdash of Milken Community High School on October 19.

The Circuit

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 24, 2002

Circuit News.

High Time

By Diane Arieff
Published on November 8, 2001

For the past three years, in meetings that often go toward midnight, a handful of local parents, educators and community leaders have been coming together to plan Los Angeles' next non-Orthodox Jewish high school.

Now it has come to pass. Late last month, the Core Group, as the parents call themselves, announced the September 2002 opening of the New Community Jewish High School in the West Valley.

A Soaring Exchange Rate

By Beverly Gray
Published on May 6, 1999

By every measure, the first year of the Milken-Tichon Hadash exchange program has been a resounding success.

Trading Places

By Ruth Stroud
Published on September 17, 1998

In a unique effort to redefine the future relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews, 14 Israeli 10th-graders arrived last week to participate in what may be the first student-exchange program between Israeli schools and a non-Orthodox Los Angeles Jewish day school.

Reality Bites

Published on June 19, 1997

Are seniors at Milken Community High School really "Wildcats" after all? Aaron Fishman, outgoing student body president, told me that earlier this year, students tried to change the school's sports mascot from the Wildcats to "something more Jewish."