L.A. Teens Win More Than 70 Medals at Maccabi Games

Published on September 5, 2012

Team Westside’s luggage was a little heavier on its return flight from the Maccabi Games in Houston last month. Athletes won a combined total of 18 medals in three sports at the annual competition, which took place Aug. 5-10.

Maccabi Games’ Valley team to compete under Westside JCC’s auspices

Published on August 1, 2012

The closure of the Milken Jewish Community Center did not mean the dissolution of a Valley delegation to the Maccabi Games. Team L.A. Milken, which had been affiliated with the Milken JCC in West Hills, will now compete under the auspices of the Westside JCC on Olympic Boulevard.

New world view

By Danielle Berrin
Published on May 15, 2012

Resurrected Westside JCC gets a major facelift

By Anita K. Kantrowitz
Published on September 24, 2008

The Westside Jewish Community Center (JCC) has announced plans for an Oct. 29 groundbreaking on its Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Aquatic Center, a $4 million renovation of the center's pools and related areas.

L.A. teams are golden at Maccabi Games

By Carin Davis
Published on August 30, 2007

More than 60 athletes from Westside JCC's Team Westside and The New JCC at Milken's Team L.A. represented the greater Los Angeles area this month during the 25th annual Maccabi Games, scoring numerous gold, silver and bronze wins in such sports as baseball, basketball, swimming, soccer and table tennis.

Westside JCC Bash Celebrates 50 Years

By Marc Ballon
Published on December 16, 2004

arshall, 92, served as the center's first public relations director five decades ago. For an instant, he allowed himself to become lost in remembrance of things past.

"There was always so much going on back then," he said. "Never a dull moment."

And so it was on Sunday, Dec. 12, when the Westside JCC threw a 50th anniversary party for itself, and 250 of its friends came. Septuagenarians and octogenarians who hadn't seen each other for years reminisced about the good old days, when the Westside JCC was considered one of the country's state-of-the-art Jewish community centers.

Community Briefs

Published on April 30, 2003

Community Briefs

Three JCCs to Gain Their Independence

By Marc Ballon
Published on December 26, 2002

The Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA), which last year nearly drowned amid a sea of red ink and allegations of mismanagement, wants to get out of the business of running major community centers after 60 years.

Your Letters

Published on May 30, 2002

Your Letters

Inspiration Points

By Julie G Fax
Published on September 24, 1998

Community

In a Class of Its Own

By Michael Aushenker
Published on September 17, 1998

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