Unleashing dance, offstage

Published on March 6, 2013

Choreographer Heidi Duckler isn’t content simply to make works for a stage. To her, the whole of Los Angeles, the whole of the world, even, is fit for dancing. Why leap across a theater floor when you can glide around the lobby of an office building? Why spin atop sprung wood when you can frolic in a laundromat?

Democratic party vote sends Berman v. Sherman contest to convention

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on January 22, 2012

Berman vs. Sherman?

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on July 19, 2011

Over the past two months, political observers have been keeping close watch on draft maps being released by California’s new, citizen-led redistricting panel. Though Jewish leaders haven’t been actively lobbying the Citizens Redistricting Commission on behalf of the community (see sidebar)...

Valley Cities JCC opens doors at new site—a church

Published on August 6, 2008

On July 8, when Valley Cities Jewish Community Center (JCC) began operating at its new site -- a former church in the heart of a heavily Latino area of Van Nuys -- it did so with little fanfare. Instead, the focus was on making the reception comfortable and warm.

Mellow Israel Fest Draws 42,000

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on May 11, 2006

Maybe it was the relatively cool weather on Sunday. Or maybe it was the stepped-up participation

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on May 12, 2005

In Los Angeles, our Israel Festival is on May 15 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys.

Independence Day

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on August 1, 2002

Nothing could dampen their spirits.

Ray of Hope

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 17, 2002

What will become of five Jccs? The question has still not been answered, but by next week, a resolution will be definitively closer.