Super Sunday’s fundraising and activism

By Ryan Torok
Published on February 13, 2013

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.

Tribe Calendar: October 2011

By Shoshana Lewin Fischer
Published on September 16, 2011

Celebrate the season’s favorite gourd with rides and games; pie-eating and seed-spitting contests; pumpkin carving; food; entertainment and more.

Innovation Israel tries innovative approach

By Orit Arfa
Published on March 1, 2011

Blame it on coinciding with the Grammys and the Jewish Federation’s annual Super Sunday, but only 15 people showed up at the Feb. 13 L.A. leg of the nationwide tour of “Innovation Israel: Shaping Israel’s Future. Today,” presented by the aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, and PresenTense, an incubator for ideas empowering the Jewish community. To the organizers, Israel’s stars are its social entrepreneurs solving social problems through innovative ideas.

$4.6 million + 1,000 = Super Sunday

By Ryan Torok
Published on February 16, 2011

On Feb. 13, nearly 1,000 volunteers from the Los Angeles community helped raise more than $4.6 million for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’ annual Super Sunday campaign, working both on the traditional phone-a-thon and, for the first time, simultaneously at community service projects across the city.

Federation adds service to Super Sunday

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on February 8, 2011

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is asking community members to give time and elbow grease in addition to what’s in their pockets.

For Jewish adults and kids, Super Sunday scores with fun and tzedakah

Published on February 1, 2011

On Super Sunday, the alefs and bets in Green Bay and Pittsburgh will be thinking about X’s and O’s. They'll even be up for a little friendly wager. On the morning of Feb. 6, many hours before the NFC champion Green Bay Packers battle the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, Rabbi Shaina Bacharach of the Conservative Congregation Cnesses Israel in Green Bay, says her religious school will square off against the school at the Or L’Simcha, Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh.

Briefs: Sheriff wants to prosecute YULA girls after soccer brawl; Graffiti targets Jews in Beverlywood

Published on February 15, 2007

Community Briefs

Super Sunday volunteers hope to ring up big bucks

By Marc Ballon
Published on February 1, 2007

Super Sunday Seeks to Top $4.5 Million

By Marc Ballon
Published on February 10, 2005

n Feb. 13, an estimated 1,600 volunteers will place thousands of phone calls to community members with the hopes of making this the most Super Sunday ever.

Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn will inaugurate the daylong fundraising drive at 9:30 a.m. at the headquarters of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in Mid-Wilshire. Actor Josh Molina of TV's "West Wing" will be on hand to show his support.

Not Only on Sunday

By Marc Ballon
Published on February 19, 2004

Bailey Silverman and Rebecca Namm are in many ways typical teenagers. The best friends like to go to the mall, hang out with pals and talk on the phone.

But come Super Sunday, Feb. 22, the two Milken Community High School juniors will undertake the very adult mission of raising money for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and its 15 beneficiary agencies, including Jewish Family Service, Jewish Vocational Service and Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters. During Super Sunday, the girls will supervise a group of high school and college students in the San Fernando Valley who will call Jews throughout the Southland to make The Federation's annual fundraising extravaganza just that much more super.

Briefs

Published on February 20, 2003

Briefs

Sunday Is Still Super

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 7, 2002

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles enjoyed another successful Super Sunday.

A Hand From the West

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on March 7, 2002

Lay leader Marcy Howard said it was the biggest turnout she has ever seen at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus in West Hills on Super Sunday.

Sunday Super Sunday

By Michael Aushenker
Published on February 21, 2002

If there's one thing that The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has no shortage of, it is Jewish causes to raise charitable dollars for.

Marathon vs. Phone-a-Thon

By Michael Aushenker
Published on February 7, 2002

From the beginning, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles knew when it scheduled this year's Super Sunday event on Mar. 3, that the phone-a-thon fundraiser would take place on the same day as the annual L.A. Marathon.

Giving Back

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on March 2, 2000

On Feb. 27, less than a year later, one of the six families rescued from Kosovo returned to the community center to participate in the biggest fundraiser of the year, and perhaps give back a little of what they had received from the Los Angeles Jewish community.

Super Sunday: The Next Generation

By Michael Aushenker
Published on February 24, 2000

When Super Sunday rounds its 21st year this weekend, it will not only mark the phone-a-thon's two-decades-long history of soliciting contributions for the United Jewish Fund (UJF), but the dawning of a new millennium -- on calendar and in spirit. This year, in an attempt to attract a younger, broader demographic to its annual philanthropic- and community-minded event, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has aggressively aimed Super Sunday 2000 at young Jews. Key to that movement has been launching an Internet presence.

A Call for Support

By Ruth Stroud
Published on February 11, 1999

Few people look forward to being asked for money. But Super Sunday, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' largest single day of fund raising each the year, is the exception.

Making Do with More

By Ruth Stroud
Published on January 28, 1999

Was the United Jewish Fund 1998 campaign up, down or flat? It depends on how you interpret the numbers.