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Category Archives: Charity
Wilshire Blvd Temple Closes Its Main Sanctuary — Will Its Congregants Notice?
Only 2% of Wilshire Blvd Temple’s membership of 33,000 attend services there weekly so the overwhelming number of its Jews won’t be affected by this closure. Synagogues tend to be built and maintained by the money of those who rarely … Continue reading
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Tagged economic downturn, julie miller, koreatown, visionary leaders, Wilshire Blvd Temple, wilshire boulevard temple
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Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
My favorite part of this biography by Hellman’s great-great-granddaughter Frances Dinkelspiel came on page 181. It describes how affluent German Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area reacted with ambivalent feelings to the arrival of Russian Jewish immigrants. Why were … Continue reading
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Tagged ambivalent feelings, german jews, government bureaucracy, government welfare, jewish immigrant, russian jewish immigrants
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Simon Wiesenthal Center: ‘Fails to meet industry standards and performs well below most charities in its Cause’
The Charity Navigator gives it just one star out of four, well below the National Council of La Raza. Jay writes: “Just add the daughters-in-law salaries (under their maiden names) who are paid as: specialist. Specialist with no credentials… Do … Continue reading
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