Like duct tape to water -- Cardboard floats the boats at Jewish Community Center
There was fun had by all ages in the Memphis Jewish Community Center's second attempt at racing nautical vessels made of cardboard, duct tape and sweat.Even the spectators had an enjoyable time sizing up the watercrafts and hedging their bets on which ones would make it and which would take the plunge. Most of the 40 homemade water crafts completed the course but a few didn't use enough duct tape or miscalculated formulas of buoyancy vs. number of crewmen.The...
CONEJO VALLEY ACTIVISTS HONORED,
JEWISH COMMUNITY TO THANK RODMANS
After a decade of working to raise funds and increase the clout of the Jewish community in the Conejo Valley, Ken and Meredith Rodman will be honored Sunday by their peers.The Rodmans will receive the first Conejo Valley Jewish Community Service Award at a fund-raising dinner at Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks. The event is sponsored by the Conejo Valley branch of the Jewish Federation Council and will raise funds for Jewish activities in the Conejo Valley and nationwide. The event is a...
Albert Hursh, Jewish community leader, dies at 90
Albert Hursh, lauded for making an indelible imprint on Harrisburg's Jewish community over six decades of service, died yesterday morning at the Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg. He was 90. "The Harrisburg Jewish community is Al Hursh," said longtime friend Ron Isaacman. "He's the reason the community is as strong as it is. He's the foundation." A man with deep roots in Harrisburg,...
UNITING THE COMMUNITY // MAKING PLANS: Villa Park's Mary Ann Malkoff is striving to create a unified Jewish community in Orange County
Villa Park resident Mary Ann Malkoff is working toward a united Jewish community in Orange County. The Jewish Community Center president envisions the estimated 70,000 to 80,000 Jewish people here united through networking, joint learning programs and a central meeting place. This month Malkoff is getting a taste of that vision. Groups including the JCC, the Jewish Federation of Orange County, the Bureau of Jewish Education as well as numerous private individuals have partnered...
FRIEDMAN LAUDED FOR SERVICE
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER TO HONOR HIM SATURDAY AT GALA
Jewish Community Center to honor him Saturday at gala By Leslie Boyd STAFF WRITER ASHEVILLE -- For 65 years, members of Kerry Friedman's family have been involved with the Asheville Jewish Community Center, from his grandmother to his father to his daughters.His father, businessman Nat Friedman, was a founding board member when the JCC was established in an old Victorian house on Charlotte Street in 1940. Kerry Friedman helped run the campaign that raised $2 million for...