1964
"Riding Old 151 from L.A. to Pismo Beach is Charming
Adventure out of History." Grover City Press (Grover
City, Calif.) 10 Sept. 1964.
1968
"Reinecke: Nagging Doubts About the Kennedy Murder"
[on Congressman Edwin Reinecke's forum for constituents].
Signal (Newhall, Calif.) 5 Feb. 1968.
"Revolutionary Way to Design a Campus" [on plans
for the Valencia Valley Junior College campus]. Signal
(Newhall, Calif.) 19 Feb. 1968.
"Saugus Man Linked to Garrison Probe" [on Reinecke-opponent
William P. Gale]. Signal (Newhall, Calif.) 6 May 1968.
"Gale Says He'd Open Assassination Probe." Signal
(Newhall, Calif.) 8 May 1968.
"Souvenir from Senator Kennedy's Assassination" [on
a Saugus woman injured at the RFK shooting]. Signal
(Newhall, Calif.) 7 June 1968.
1969
"A Very Special World" [on the Valencia Valley].
Signal (Newhall, Calif.) 16 Apr. 1969.
1970
"L.A. Teachers Become Radicalized" [on issues raised
in the teachers' strike]. Los Angeles Free Press 17
Apr. 1970.
"Hey, Teacher: Be a Computer" [on program budgeting
at the City School District]. Los Angeles Free Press
1 May 1970.
"AVCO Shafts Indians" (with Marc Kreisel) [on broken
promises in Montana]. Los Angeles Free Press 15 May
1970.
"Malibu Freeway Flop" [on opposition to the 'Malibu
Creek Freeway']. Los Angeles Free Press 22 May 1970.
"Proposition Ping-Pong" [on the forthcoming primaries].
Los Angeles Free Press 29 May 1970.
"In Memoriam Pat McGee" [on the late Assemblyman].
Los Angeles Free Press 19 June 1970.
"Reagan's Reinecke Rebellion" [on the Lieutenant
Governor's career moves]. Los Angeles Free Press 10
July 1970.
"The Hindsight of Hunger" [on author Studs Terkel].
Coast Oct. 1970.
"Cal-Arts' Corrigan - No Mickey Mouse He" [on Institute
president Robert W. Corrigan and negotiations with Disney].
Los Angeles Free Press n.d.
"No More Trains" [on cancelled service to San Clemente].
Los Angeles Free Press n.d.
1971
"Papillon: The Elusive Butterfly" [on Henri Charrière].
Coast Jan. 1971.
"California Underground" [on spelunking in California].
Los Angeles Times 24 Jan. 1971, sec. West.
Review of A Part of Myself: Portrait of an Epoch
by Carl Zuckmayer. Los Angeles Times 28 Feb. 1971, sec.
Calendar.
"Take Ten" [on hiking in the L.A. area]. Los Angeles
Times 18 July 1971, sec. West.
"The Journalist as Politician: Scott Newhall Runs
for Mayor." Coast Oct. 1971.
1972
"Frankenstein in Concrete: Rapid Transit Is not Enough."
Coast May 1972.
"Growing Up Different in Westwood" [on the author's
childhood]. LA 15 July 1972.
"Fog-Shrouded Dreams of Glory in Pismo Beach." Coast
Sept. 1972.
Review of Return to the Source by Lanza del
Vasto. Los Angeles Times 22 Oct. 1972, sec. Book
Review.
1973
"Communications of the Future: It's a Small World"
(with Syd Cassyd). Sky [Delta Airlines in-flight magazine]
Apr. 1973.
1974
"The Menuhins in California: A Personal Portrait."
Coast Mar. 1974.
"Nude Beach at Big Sur." L.A. Voice 9 Mar.
1974.
"Herlizia Gymnasia, Class of 1913: 20 Founders of
Israel--and One Enigma." Los Angeles Times 11 Apr. 1974.
"An American Puzzles over Israel's Mystic Pull."
Los Angeles Times 20 Nov. 1974.
"A Jew Looks at Israel, Its People, Other Jews and
Himself." Detroit News 24 Nov. 1974. (same text as preceding
item)
"Holography: New Light on a New Dimension." Sky
[Delta Airlines magazine] Dec. 1974.
"The Odd Couple and the Old Conspiracy" (with Jon
Newhall) [on the Robert Kennedy assassination]. New Times
27 Dec. 1974.
1975
"A Fond Look at Uncle Yehudi & His 'Funny' Health
Habits." Let's LIVE Apr. 1975.
"Chlorine, Cancer, Coronaries and Vitamin C." Let's
LIVE July 1975.
"Three Ways Vitamin E Could Prolong Your Life."
Let's LIVE Aug. 1975.
"Nature's Own Cosmetic: The Avocado." Let's LIVE
Sep. 1975.
"The Menuhins: An Exploration of the Development
of Genius in San Francisco." City Magazine (San Francisco)
23 Sep. 1975.
"Homeopathic Remedies Still Cure People." Let's
LIVE Oct. 1975.
"Fat People in a Think-Thin World: Eat, Drink and
Be Merry--and an Outcast, Too." Los Angeles Times 19
Nov. 1975. (Reprinted in the Washington Post, the San
Francisco Chronicle, the Record Searchlight (Redding,
Calif.), and the Tulsa Daily World)
1976
"City People: Milk, Honey and Burgers" [on food vendor
Eddie Chassman]. Los Angeles Times 8 Jan. 1976, sec.
View.
"City People: Pacoima's Grateful Music Man" [on piano
technician Leon Levitch]. Los Angeles Times 11 Jan.
1976, sec. View.
"City People: A Nice Place to Free-Lance" [on literary
agent Irene Rogers]. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan. 1976,
sec. View.
"City People: Man Who Grew up with L.A." [on veteran
flyer Bill Deming]. Los Angeles Times 29 Jan. 1976,
sec. View.
"City People: Roots to Dream On" [on Inglewood teacher
Rosebud Joyner]. Los Angeles Times 18 Feb. 1976, sec.
View.
"City People: Teens' View of the L.A. Jungle" [on
Alternative School students]. Los Angeles Times 26 Feb.
1976, sec. View.
"City People: The Reflections of Carol Moss" [[on
the social activist's varied career]. Los Angeles Times
4 Mar. 1976, sec. View.
"Does Every Cloud Have a Silva Lining? Jose Silva,
the Man from Laredo." Los Angeles Free Press 5 Mar.
1976.
"City People: A Life-Style Up from the Ashes" [on
graphic artist Christopher Whorf]. Los Angeles Times
18 Mar. 1976, sec. View.
"Was Ted Derby Murdered? The Violent Death of a World-Famous
Animal Trainer." Los Angeles Free Press 14 May 1976.
"Solar Energy: Not a Half-Baked Idea." Los Angeles
Free Press 14 May 1976.
"City People: Caught Between Two Cultures" [on furniture
maker Armando Martinez]. Los Angeles Times 26 May 1976,
sec. View.
"Inside the Rapid Transit Smear Campaign." Los
Angeles Free Press 28 May 1976.
"Ford vs. Reagan: Wooing the Sex Appeal Vote." Los
Angeles Free Press 4 June 1976.
"Visiting Friends & Relatives Kit" (with Nigey
Lennon). Los Angeles Free Press 4 June 1976
"Your Medicine Shelf May Be Killing You." Los
Angeles Free Press 4 June 1976
"The Artiste Tour" (with Nigey Lennon). Los Angeles
Free Press 11 June 1976.
"No One Who Has Been Poor Can Be Romantic about Poverty"
[interview with Irving Howe]. Los Angeles Free Press
11 June 1976.
"The Everyman Tour" (with Nigey Lennon). Los Angeles
Free Press 18 June 1976
"City People: The View from the High Rise" [on economist
John Nixon]. Los Angeles Times 21 June 1976, sec. View.
"The Gourmandizers Tour" (with Nigey Lennon). Los
Angeles Free Press 25 June 1976.
"Behind the Growing Southern California Secession
Movements". Los Angeles Free Press 23 July 1976.
"You Wanna Pet? From Turtles to Terriers: A Guide
to Pet-buying in Southern California." Los Angeles Times
7 Dec. 1976, sec. You.
1977
"Roving by Rail: Weekend Trips by Train." Los
Angeles Times 15 Feb 1977, sec. You.
"Managing a Nonprofit: Can You Learn It from a Book?"
(with Alan Kumamoto). Grantsmanship Center News July
1977.
"Giving the Nonprofit Sector Its Due." Grantsmanship
Center News Oct. 1977.
"Lights, Camera, Funding" (with Michele Kort) [on
Barbara Kopple and producing "Harlan County, U.S.A."]. Grantsmanship
Center News Oct. 1977.
"Memories of a Family Man" [on actor Sebastian Cabot].
Los Angeles Times 4 Sep. 1977, sec.
Calendar.
"When the Train is Late, So Is the Conversation"
[on riding the Coast Starlight]. Los Angeles Times 25
Nov. 1977.
1978
"How Goverment Bounty Caused a Mutiny on the Bayou"
(with Harvey Chess). Grantsmanship Center News Jan.
1978.
"The Naked Truth about the Playboy Foundation."
Grantsmanship Center News Jan. 1978.
"Real People: 'The Altruistic Burger King,' 'Lady
in Mechanic's Overalls,' 'The Two Faces of Rachel.'" Los
Angeles Free Press 9 Feb. 1978.
"L.A. Originals: Dynamic Duo" [on legal researcher
partners Lew McCammon and Kay McGlauchlin]. Los Angeles
Free Press 16 Feb. 1978.
"L.A. Originals: UCLA's Piano Man" [on piano technician
Leon Levitch]. Los Angeles Free Press 23 Feb.
1978.
"Grantsmanship: A Way to Obtain Free Money." Los
Angeles Times 28 Feb. 1978, sec. You.
"L.A. Originals: Dancing Telegram" [on belly dancer
Gena Reno]. Los Angeles Free Press 2 Mar. 1978.
"L.A. Originals: L.A. Media Man" [on jounalist Lincoln
Haynes]. Los Angeles Free Press 9 Mar. 1978.
"L.A. Originals: The Leonardo of Paper" [on designer
Ben Gurule]. Los Angeles Free Press 16 Mar. 1978.
"L.A. Originals: Dropout Teacher" [on private tutor
Michael Cormier]. Los Angeles Free Press 22 Mar. 1978.
"Earth News Grows a Bunch of Branches". Los Angeles
Times 9 Apr. 1978, sec. Calendar.
"An Odd Couple and the Lure of the Southland" [on
composers Arnold Schoenberg and Eric Zeisl]. Los Angeles
Times 14 May 1978, sec. Calendar.
"Trains and Rails on Smaller Scales: Model Railroading
in the Southland." Los Angeles Times 3 Oct. 1978, sec.
You.
1979
"Slow Freights on the Track of Success" [on entertainer
Chuck Mitchell]. Reader (Los Angeles) 23 Feb. 1979.
"Blood on the Amtraks" [on budget reductions for
passenger rail]. Reader (Los Angeles) 11 May 1979.
"Routes." Express (San Francisco) 15 June
1979 (same text as preceding item).
"Small is Beautiful: Joseph Simon Makes Book in Malibu."
Reader (Los Angeles) 29 June 1979.
"Spring Days of a Prodigy" [on violinist Yehudi Menuhin].
San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle
8 July 1979, sec. California Living.
"Fear and Loafing" [on public funding of competitive
sports]. Reader (Los Angeles) 17 August 1979.
"Facing the Music: Writing A Book About The Menuhins."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 9 Sept. 1979,
sec. California Living.
"Remembering Sebastian Cabot." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
7 Oct. 1979, sec. California Living.
"The Great Coffee Houses of Los Angeles: Where The
Beat Went On." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 21 Oct. 1977,
sec. California Living.
"City Hall Slicker" [on City Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky].
Reader (Los Angeles) 9 November 1979.
"Rediscovered: Jack London's L.A. House!" Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 2 Dec. 1979, sec. California
Living.
"Matt Carney: He did it Hemingway." Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner 9 Dec. 1979, sec. California Living.
1980
"Political Asylum: It's a Two-Way Street." Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 9 Jan. 1980.
"Inside Cal Arts: Disneyland U's First Decade."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 13 Jan. 1980, sec.
California Living.
"Robinson Jeffers: The Lost L.A. Years." Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner 9 Mar. 1980, sec. California Living.
"The $6 Billion Train Set" [on City Supervisor Baxter
Ward]. Reader (Los Angeles) 14 Mar. 1980.
"A Part-Time Hollywood Indian Speaks Out" [on actress
Geri Keams]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 16 Mar. 1980,
sec. California Living.
"The L.A. Book Scene: Small Presses, Big Plans" [on
publisher Dennis Koran]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
13 Apr. 1980, sec. California Living.
"Thomas Mann and His Los Angeles Demons." Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 27 Apr.1980, sec. California
Living.
"Syd Cassyd Is Still Fighting His TV Wars." Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner. 4 May 1980, sec. California
Living.
"Lovers of the Stinking Rose, the Society of Evangelical
Agnostics and Other Local Weirdo Organizations." Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner 1 May 1980, sec. California Living.
"In Search of Upton Sinclair." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
22 June 1980, sec. California Living.
"Aldous Huxley's Strange Passage to Los Angeles."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 13 July 1980,
sec. California Living.
"Advice as Good as Ernest Gold." Reader (Los
Angeles) 1 Aug. 1980.
"The Fight To Save Peyton Hall." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
4 Aug. 1980.
"Felinophiles of the World, Unite" [on tenants' rights].
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 16 Aug. 1980.
"Malcolm Lowry's L.A. Period." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
21 Sept. 1980, sec. California Living.
"Literary Los Angeles: A Personal View of the Southland's
Storied Past."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 28 Sep. 1980,
sec. California Living.
"Writers Just Passing Through L.A." Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner 5 Oct. 1980, sec. California Living.
"The Captain of Deep Space Control" [on JPL mission
controller Guard Hall]. Los Angeles Herald Examiner
7 Nov. 1980, sec. California Living.
"The Stunt Race" [on Hollywood stunt professionals].
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 9 Nov. 1980, sec.
California Living.
"Unpopular Science" [on aviation scientist Jack Catran].
Reader (Los Angeles) 19 Dec. 1980.
1981
"Obscurity Threatens Works of California Author Mary
Austin." Los Angeles Times 18 Jan. 1981, Sec.
Book Review.
"Next Stop: Hollywood: Dreaming of a Wilshire Subway."
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 8 Feb. 1981.
"From Prague to Peking, and Points in Between" [on
political journalist Karel Kovanda]. Reader (Los Angeles)
27 Feb. 1981.
"When Playmates Ruled the Earth" [on actress Victoria
Vetri]. Reader (Los Angeles) 3 Apr. 1981.
"Stacks of Treasures in Our Southern California Libraries."
Los Angeles Times 3 May 1981, sec. Book
Review.
Review of A Trumpet to Arms by David Armstrong.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 14 June 1981,
sec. Book Week.
"Freeping Out" [on Free Press publisher Art
Kunkin]. Reader (Los Angeles) 19 June 1981.
"Notes on a Lost Past [on the author's mother, pianist
Yaltah Menuhin]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 21 June
1981.
Review of The Brothers Mann by Nigel Hamilton.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 26 July 1981.
Review of Trotsky by Robert Wistrich. Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 6 Sept. 1981.
Review of Earthquake Ready by Virginia Kimball.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 18 Oct. 1981.
"Michael Benner: Mixing Politics and Mysticism" [on
the KLOS talk show host]. L.A.Weekly 23 Oct. 1981.
"Intrigue on the Inaugural Express [on West Coast
train service]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 31 Oct.
1981.
"The Hub of L.A.'s Bohemian Community" [on bookseller
Jake Zeitlin]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 22 Nov. 1981.
Review of The Book of Lights by Chaim Potok.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner n.d.
1982
"Salaries and Secrecy." Flowers& Jan.
1982.
Review of The Physicists by C.P.Snow and
Savage Day by Thomas Wiseman. Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner 3 Jan 1982.
Review of The Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler,
ed. By Frank MacShane. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 10
Jan. 1982.
"Rebuilding the Newhall House." California
Feb. 1982
"Delegating Responsibility." Flowers&
Mar. 1982.
"This is the Way the World Survives, not with a Bang
but a Rally" [on anti-nuclearist Irv Sarnoff]. Reader
(Los Angeles) 19 Mar. 1982.
"Computers: The Newest Floral Partner." Flowers&
Apr. 1982.
Review of Thomas Mann: The Making of an Artist
by Richard Winston. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 28 Mar.
1982.
"Café au L.A." [on the coffeehouse scene in
the 1960s]. Reader (Los Angeles) 7 May 1982.
"A Tortured Soul" [on the author's grandfather Moshe
Menuhin]. Jerusalem Post 7 May 1982.
"When Tom Bradley Mumbles, She Listens" [on Deputy
Mayor Grace Montanez]. Reader (Los Angeles) 4 June 1982.
"Bohemian Ramblings" [on California writers]. AirCal
Magazine July 1982.
"L.A. Arts & Letters: From A to Zeitlin" [on
bookdealer Jake Zeitlin]. Reader (Los Angeles) 13 Aug.
1982.
"The People's Economist" [on Santa Monica planning
commissioner Derek Shearer]. Reader (Los Angeles) 1
Oct. 1982.
"Ready-Made Revenues." Flowers& Nov. 1982.
"Scott Newhall: The Last Frontier Journalist." PSA
Magazine Nov. 1982.
"Do Nuclear Hawks Roost with Reagan?" [on doomsayer
Robert Scheer]. Reader (Los Angeles) 5 Nov. 1982.
"Unnatural Causes" [on the death of Church of Naturalism
founder George Peters]. Reader (Los Angeles) 12 Nov.
1982.
Review of Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 14 Nov. 1982.
Review of Job: The Story of a Simple Man by
Joseph Roth. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 14 Nov. 1982.
Review of The Kerouac We Knew ed. By John
Montgomery. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 21 Nov. 1982.
"A Congregation Where God's not the Answer" [on the
First Unitarian Church]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
28 Nov. 1982.
Review of five recent books on nuclear armaments.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 12 Dec. 1982.
Review of Seaview by Toby Olson. Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner n.d.
1983
"Literary L.A.: An Update." Reader (Los Angeles)
7 Jan. 1983.
"Israel Today, Tomorrow the World" [on Israel
Today publisher Phil Blazer]. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
16 Jan. 1983, sec. California Living.
Review of The Pushcart Prize, VII, ed. By
Bill Henderson. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 6 Feb. 1983.
"Here Comes the Bullet Train" [on a proposed High
Speed Rail link] Reader (Los Angeles) 4 March 1983.
"There's Race in the Race" [on the mayoral contest
in Chicago]. Israel Today 8 Apr. 1983.
"Democrats: Jews Coming 'Home'" [on renewed Jewish
support for the Democratic Party]. Israel Today 13 Apr.
1983.
"Helen Rafshoon: At 80, She Wants to Set a Lot of
Records Straight" [on Britain's role in the founding of Israel].
Israel Today 15 Apr. 1983.
"Chicago Epilogue: Jewish Vote May Have Won It for
Washington" [on the mayoralty race]. Israel Today 22
Apr. 1983.
"Rabbi with a Cause" [on Rabbi Shlomo Cunin]. Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 24 Apr. 1983, sec. California
Living.
"U. of Judaism Business Degree First of its Kind
for Seminaries" Israel Today 3 May 1983.
"KPFK, Consulate and the Federation 'A Kind of Détente'"
[on alleged pro-PLO bias at the Pacifica station]. Israel
Today 4 May 1983.
"Asaya: A Patient Woman Yearns to Unite Her Family
Again" [on Asay Raklina's quest to reunite her family]. Israel
Today 6 May 1983.
Pillsbury Doughgirl" [on fundraiser Sarah Pillsbury].
Reader (Los Angeles) 13 May 1983.
"A Hard Look at Arab Lobby." Israel Today
13 May 1983. (Parts II and III appeared on May 16-17)
"Rubin is Coming, Rubin is Coming: JDL's L.A. Leader
Looks East." Israel Today 18 May 1983.
"Arafat's Revenge" [on the supression of the Jewish
community in Nicaragua]. Israel Today 27 May 1983.
Review of Brecht in Exile by Bruce Cook.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 29 May 1983.
"Festival of the Fruits for Father" [on fruit-grower
Frieda Caplan]. Israel Today 1 June 1983.
"L.A.'s Iranian Jews: Relocation Is Not An Entirely
Happy One." Israel Today 3 June 1983.
"Siberian Seven: A Fragile Deal" [on resettling Soviet
Pentecostals]. Israel Today 3 June 1983.
"Sun Struck" [on Los Angeles writers]. PSA Magazine
June 1983
Review of Paul's Book by Paul T. Rogers.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 5 June 1983.
"Channa Takes on Times, Media on Reporting of Middle
East" [on Israeli Consul Channa Palti]. Israel Today
16 June 1983.
"Raising Voices, Not Arms" [on Arab-Jewish relations
in L.A.]. Reader (Los Angeles) 17 June 1983.
Review of The Disarmament Catalogue ed. By
Murray Polner. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 19 June 1983.
"Kahane vs. the 'New Agenda', Calls It 'Struggle
for the Soul'." Israel Today 20 June 1983.
"Hermitage Avenue: Another Summer of Sweat and Swastikas
Ahead" [on racial vandalism in a North Hollywood neighborhood].
Israel Today 24 June 1983.
"Orange County: Changing Image" [on the coalescing
Jewish community]. Israel Today 24 June 1983, sec.
Los Angeles Today.
"The Call of Girona: Rescuing a Forgotten Seat of
Judaism" [on uncovering the medieval center of cabbalistic
learning in Catalonia]. Israel Today 1 July 1983.
"From Afghanistan to Los Angeles Kobozon Entertains
the 'Masses' [on Soviet singer Yosif Kobozon]. Israel Today
7 July 1983.
"Mermelstein Lawsuit: As Important to History as
the Dreyfus Case." [on the suit against the 'Institute of Historical
Review']. Israel Today 8 July 1983.
"Democrats, Jews Coming 'Home'" [on party loyalty
in the Jewish community]. Israel Today 10 July 1983.
"What Makes Caspar Run?" [on Secretary of Defense
Caspar Weinberger]. Israel Today 10 July 1983, sec.
"Special Supplement to the Los Angeles Times."
"Pa'il: 'Majority Not Always Correct'" [on Israeli
military strategist Meir Pa'il]. Israel Today 14 July
1983.
"Holocaust Debunker in Classroom Again?" [on IHR
teacher George Ashley]. Israel Today 15 July 1983, sec.
Los Angeles Today.
"Shikma: A New 'Dream City' Is Planned for the Galilee."
Israel Today 22 July 1983.
"Homosexual Congregations Comfort Members in Struggle
against AIDS." Israel Today 2 Aug. 1983.
"Was a 'Dance for Soviet Jews' Out of Step for the
Occasion?" (with Rafael Medoff) [on a controversial fundraiser].
Israel Today 4 Aug. 1983.
"A Less Repentent Lipset Returns" [on political scientist
Seymour Martin Lipset]. Israel Today 5 Aug. 1983.
"In Santa Barbara: Jewish Ou treach" [on Rabbi Moshe
Benisti]. Israel Today 5 Aug. 1983, sec. Los Angeles
Today.
"For Arabs and Jews L.A.'s the Place." Daily News
(Los Angeles) 7 Aug. 1983.
Review of Evening Light by Stephan Hermlin.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 7 Aug. 1983.
"Kaplan: Learning Is Our Mission" [on Israeli educator
Ralph J. Kaplan] Israel Today 15 Aug. 1985.
"Israel Fuchs: 'This Boy is Missing' Somewhere in
an Israeli Prison" [on an American citizen detained in Hebron].
Israel Today 16 Aug. 1983.
"Why Did Stephen Finkelstein Die?" [on the possible
cover-up of a death along the Oregon coast]. Israel Today
17 Aug. 1983.
"Only Personal Plea from Reagan to Andropov Can Save
Wallenberg." Israel Today 19 Aug. 1983.
"Legislator Finds Begin a 'Tiger,' 'Alert, Forthright,
Forceful'" [on the meeting between Calif. State Assemblyman
Pat Nolan and the Israeli Prime Minister]. Israel Today
26 Aug 1983.
"Latinos, Jews Explore Common Ground in Israel."
Daily News (Los Angeles) 26 Sep. 1983.
"The Political Perils of Percy" [on opposition to
Sen. Charles Percy in the Jewish community]. Israel Today
3 Oct. 1983.
"Director Seeks to Heal Divisions in Santa Barbara"
[on Rabbi Arye Weiner]. Israel Today 7 Oct. 1983.
"Landlord (Survivor) Finds Himself between Rock (Nazi),
Hard Place (JDL)" [on dealing fairly with an objectionable
tenant]. Israel Today 10 Oct. 1983.
"Nazi-Hunter Supports Mermelstein" [on Neal Scher
of the Dept. of Justice]. Israel Today 21 Oct. 1983.
"'Christian Company' Apologizes, Advertisement 'Poor
Phrasing'" [on an offensive ad in a Northridge publication].
Israel Today 27 Oct. 1983.
"Jewish Landlord Has Problem: an Alleged Neo-Nazi
as Tenant." Reader (Los Angeles) 28 Oct. 1983.
"Kol Koreh: A 'Calling Voice'" [on civil liberties
in Israel]. Israel Today 28 Oct. 1983.
Review of William Saroyan by Aram Saroyan.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 30 Oct 1983.
"U. of Arizona: Saudi West?" [on pro-Arab tilt of
the University's Near East Center]. Israel Today 4 Nov.
1983.
"Cadillac Hotel Residents Triumph in Court" [on threatened
eviction of Venice elderly]. Israel Today 4 Nov. 1983,
sec. Los Angeles Today.
"JDL's Rubin Denies Harassing Landlord." Reader
(Los Angeles) 11 Nov. 1983. (follow-up to 28 Oct. 1983)
"Jesse's Priority: Arab Votes" [on Jewish opposition
to Jesse Jackson]. Israel Today 14 Nov. 1983.
"Jackson: The Pros and Cons" [on alleged bias in
the Jesse Jackson campaign]. Israel Today 18 Nov. 1983.
"Assad's Snake Pit Not for NBC - At Least, Not the
Whole Story" [on late-night telecast of pro-Assad film]. Israel
Today 30 Nov. 1983
"Ryan Comes Down Hard on Thomas, Challenges His Barbie
Credibility" [on witness Michel Thomas]. Israel Today
2 Dec. 1983.
"L.A.: A Literary Island on the Land." Daily News
(Los Angeles) 4 Dec. 1983, sec. Focus.
"What Makes a Great Philanthropist? 'Loving Kindness'
-- 'Genuine, Heartfelt'" [on Cedars-Sinai supporter Steve Broidy].
Israel Today 5 Dec. 1983.
"Lenart to Help Israel Today to Take Off in
Israel' [on Israeli pilot Lou Lenart]. Israel Today
9 Dec. 1983.
"Saloman Mystery Lingers: Why the Whole Family? [on
the Sol Salomon murder case]. Israel Today 19 Dec. 1983.
"Mermelstein Scores Success in His Suit vs. 'Institute'."
Israel Today 23 Dec. 1983.
"Converting Dollars into Disciples" [on Moishe Rosen
of "Jews for Jesus']. Israel Today 27 Dec. 1983.
1984
Review of Long Beach: Fortune's Harbor by
Larry Meyer and Patricia Kalayjian. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
1 Jan. 1984.
"Arens brother, the Law Professor, Goes into Print
for Larry Flynt" [on Richard Arens]. Israel Today 11
Jan. 1984.
"The World According to Jack Catran" [on Arab-Jewish
cultural overlap] Israel Today 13 Jan. 1984.
"A Separation of 'Shul' and Job" [on journalist Daniel
Schorr]. Israel Today 20 Jan. 1984.
"Neo-Nazi, KKK Arraignment Postponed." Israel
Today 20 Jan. 1984, sec. Los Angeles Today.
"Dube Affair Spills Over" [on racial controversy
at SUNY, Stony Brook]. Israel Today 24 Jan. 1984
"The Madam Goes to Temple" [on Gina Wilson, Reno
brothel operator]. Israel Today 27 Jan. 1984.
"JDL and the 'Reformed' Nazi" [on JDL director Irv
Rubin and ex-Nazi Michael Canale]. Israel Today 3 Feb.
1984, sec. Los Angeles Today.
"A Most Unlikely Friendship: Jew, Fomer Nazi Join
Forces." Reader (Los Angeles) 10 Feb. 1984. (expanded
from preceding item)
"Jackson and His Arab Funding: Details Are Not Easy
to Swallow' [on Arab League donations to the Jesse Jackson
candidacy]. Israel Today 10 Feb. 1984.
"Did Casino Deal in Anti-Semitism?" [on a racial
incident in Las Vegas]. Israel Today 17 Feb. 1984.
"The Trouble with Trivia" [on writer/dramatist Norman
Corwin]. Reader (Los Angeles) 17 Feb. 1984.
"Something Powerful Was Going On" [on painter Leslie
Kamen]. Israel Today 2 Mar. 1984.
"Allen Dulles Was 'Real Power' in Aiding Nazis, Loftus
Charges." Israel Today 9 Mar. 1984.
"L.A.'s Gordon Richter Held in Abortive Israeli Bombing."
Israel Today 19 Mar. 1984.
"Hacohen: A Pioneer among Pioneers" [on the death
of one of Israel's founders]. Israel Today 23 Mar. 1984.
"Soviets Resurrect Kasztner Case" [on an alleged
Nazi collaborator]. Israel Today 26 Mar. 1984.
"Jew and Palestinian Share an L.A. Stage" [on a public
forum with Mohammed Milhem and Col. Mordechai Bar-On].
Reader (Los Angeles) 30 Mar. 1984.
"Reynolds Off Arab Boycott List But Nobody Seems
to Know Why" [on lifting restrictions against the tobacco firm].
Israel Today 30 Mar. 1984.
"Kosher Food at the Olympics? Caterer Says It's Not
Practical." Israel Today 6 Apr. 1984.
"Dialogue with an Arab from an L.A. Pulpit" [on New
Jewish Agenda activist Joel Gayman]. Israel Today 6
Apr. 1984 sec. Los Angeles Today.
Review of republication of It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 6 Apr.
1984.
Review of Lord of the Dance by Andrew Greeley.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 18 Apr. 1984.
"Peres: 'I Will Negotiate" [on reopening Middle East
peace talks]. Israel Today 26 Apr. 1984.
"The 'Bulletin': JFC Board Indecision" [on changing
the Jewish Federation Council newspaper into a weekly]. Israel
Today 4 May 1984.
"JDO Alleges 'Selective Prosecution'" [on pressure
from the city D.A. to forestall political rallies at the Olympic
Games]. Israel Today 4 May 1984, sec. Los Angeles
Today
"Literary Pasadena." Pasadena: The Weekly
10 May 1984.
"Jesse Explains Dislike of Zionism, Wants to Be Mideast
Mediator" [on Rev. Jesse Jackson]. Israel Today 15
May 1984.
Levi: Priest Among Clothiers" [on Levi Strauss &
Co. in San Francisco]. Israel Today 22 May 1984. (continued
on 23 May 1984)
Review of Jack Kerouac by Tom Clark. Los
Angeles Herald-Examiner 17 June 1984.
"Is This Papa Bach's Final Chapter?" [on the closing
of a counterculture bookstore]. Reader (Los Angeles)
22 June 1984.
"The Play's the Thing That Avenges Attorney" [on
lawyer/playwright Leslie Zador]. Reader (Los Angeles)
6 July 1984.
Review of Dissenting Opinions by Page Smith.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 5 Aug. 1984.
"What's on the Agenda at The Bulletin?" [on
the house organ of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation]. B'nai
B'rith Messenger 16 Nov. 1984.
"Big Developers Eye Fairfax." B'nai B'rith Messenger
28 Dec. 1984.
1985
"A Proud Diaspora Jew, but Jerusalem's Not Far Away"
[on Jewish homelands in Israel and California]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 18 Jan. 1985.
"Profiles: Howard Fast." B'nai B'rith Messenger
8 Feb. 1985. (Part II appeared on 15 Feb.)
Review of The Congregation by Rabbi Morton
Levine. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner 16 Mar. 1985.
"Mermelstein Is Closing In on Notorious Anti-Semite"
[on the campaign against the revisionist Institute of Historical
Review]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 12 Apr. 1985.
"'Threading the Needle' for Peace in the Middle East"
[on Congressman Mel Levine]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
26 Apr. 1985.
"Charles Higham Ferrets Out Nazis Who Were Among
Us." B'nai B'rith Messenger 10 May 1985.
"JDL, ACLU Hope to 'KO' LAPD" [on police infiltration
of the League]. B'nai Brith Messenger 31 May 1985.
"Rabbi Marshall Meyer: A Message for L.A." B'nai
B'rith Messenger 14 June 1985.
"Lion's Share of Attention Is Sought for Center"
[on animal preservationist Stan Singer]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
16 Aug. 1985.
"Newsmachers: State of the Art Status Quo" [on Rabbi
Joel Rembaum].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 27 Sep. 1985.
"Southland Political Murder Raises Unsettling Questions"
[on the death of Alex Odeh]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
18 Oct. 1985.
"The Real 'Lou Grant' Stands Up As Asner Talks about
Jewishness" [on actor Ed Asner]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
22 Nov. 1985.
"Doves Light Candles for Peace" [on Knesset members
Ora Namir and Abdel Wahab Darousha]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
13 Dec. 1985.
"Chabad's Menorah: Is It Religious Or Isn't It?"
[on public celebrations of Chanukah]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
19 Dec. 1986.
1986
"News-Macher: An American Black Jew Tells His Story"
[on Jim Yacov Pierce]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 31 Jan.
1986.
"News-Macher: Leon Levitch's Big Moment" [on the
premiere of the composer's second symphony]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 28 Feb. 1986
"News-Macher: William Matcha, Unsung Hero?" [on Jewish
elements in Spanish language and culture]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 11 Apr. 1986.
"News-Macher: The 'Mashpia' of Los Angeles" [on Rabbi
Shmuel Dovid Raichik]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 30 May
1986.
"How to Succeed in Radio: The Secret is Yiddish!"
[on KCRW manager Ruth Hirschman]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
27 June 1986.
"News-Macher: A Rare Find" [on bookseller Jake Zeitlin].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 29 Aug. 1986.
"John Fante." Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
17 Aug. 1986, sec. California Living.
"Ed Asner: Outspoken." Greater Phoenix Jewish
News 29 Oct. 1986.
"Dissident Conservatives: Are They a Serious Force?
[on the Union for Conservative Judaism]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
24 Oct. 1986.
"The Real Lou Grant Stands Up." Sentinel 30
Oct. 1986 (same as preceding item)
"Rabbi Will Help Before and After - But Not During
an Intermarriage" [on Rabbi Jeffrey Perry-Marx]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 31 Oct. 1986.
"Photographer Puts Yiddish in the Picture" [on photojournalist
Phil Stern]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 14 Nov. 1986. Reprinted
in Southern Israelite (Atlanta) 26 Dec. 1986.
1987
"Photographer Stern Developed an Unusual Hobby" [on
photojournalist Phil Stern]. Buffalo Jewish Review 2
Jan. 1987.
"Just What Does Abba Eban Believe?' B'nai B'rith
Messenger 6 Mar. 1987.
"Another Holocaust On Its Way?" [on world-wide anti-Semitism].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 27 Mar. 1987.
"Democracy, Humanism Still Inspire Abba Eban." Ottawa
Jewish Bulletin & Review 17 Apr, 1987. (Also in Texas
Jewish Post, Sentinel, and in news service copy
from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
"Swimming against the Apart-Tide" [on theologist
Rabbi Ben Isaacson]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 1 May 1987.
"One Man's Crusade to Save Ethiopian Jews" [on Dr.
Ernesto Moshe Montgomery]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 22
May 1987.
"Valley Temple Is Desecrated" [on Temple Solael in
Canoga Park]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 26 June 1987.
"Is Irv Rubin Getting Mellow in Middle Age?" [on
past and future of the the JDL]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
28 Aug. 1987.
"Chabad Telethon Touches Hearts" [on Rabbi Shlomo
Cinin's Jewish fundraisers]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
4 Sep. 1987.
"Did Bork Leave a Bad Taste in Jewish Mouths?" [on
similarities to It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 6 Nov. 1987.
1988
"A Chip Off the Old Block, Yigal Most Certainly Isn't"
[on the son of Israeli politician Moshe Arens]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 22 Jan. 1988.
"His Music Is the Score for Story of His Rescue"
[on composer and war refugee Leon Levitch]. Heritage Southwest
Jewish Press 15 Apr. 1988.
"Not in His Father's Footsteps: Yigal Arens Leans
Left." Greater Phoenix Jewish News 15 Apr. 1988. (same
as 22 Jan. 1988)
Review of S by John Updike. Daily News
(Los Angeles) 17 Apr. 1988.
"Sordid Tale of U.S. Nazi Dealings" [on former Nazis
in post-war U.S. employ]. Jewish News June 1988.
Review of One of the Guys by Harry Stein.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 26 June 1988.
"Activists Testify in Sacramento" [on the John Schmitz/Gloria
Allred slander case]. Jewish News July 1988.
"The Growing Undercurrent of Japanese Anti-Semitism."
Jewish News July 1988.
"Lights, Color, Action" [on the decorator touch in
medical offices]. Podiatric Staff July 1988.
"Ah, for the Good, Old, Glorious Bohemian Days" [on
the writing of the author's Last Train North. News
Globe (Los Angeles) 15 July 1988.
"Country Clubs: How Much Progress" [on Jewish presence
in L.A. country clubs]. Jewish News Aug. 1988.
"Horror Story of Anti-Semitism in Palm Springs" [on
racial incidents at a construction site]. Jewish News
Aug. 1988.
"Profiles of Two Top Jewish Golfers" [on Amy Alcott
and Corey Pavin]. Jewish News Aug. 1988.
"Taking His Show on the Road" [on podiatrist Dr.
Dennis White]. Podiatric Staff Oct. 1988.
"Red Sunset" [on Sunset Hall, a retirement home for
radicals]. Reader (Los Angeles) 14 Oct. 1988.
Review of The Phases of_Harry Moon
by Thomas Sullivan. Daily News (Los Angeles) 30 Oct.
1988.
"A Chair Is a Chair, Or Is It?" [on new designs in
treatment room chairs]. Podiatric Staff Nov. 1988.
"Len Smith: A Jewish Community Leader" Jewish
Calendar Nov. 1988.
"Our Germans and Their Jews" [on the "Shadows of
the Holocaust" conference]. Jewish Journal 18 Nov. 1988.
"Holocaust Still Pains Second Generation Germans
and Jews" [on cartoonist Art Spiegelman]. Jewish Journal
18 Nov. 1988.
"The Russians Have Landed" [on integration of Russian
Jews into the L.A. community]. Jewish Journal 18 Nov.
1988.
Review of Love in the Days of Rage by Lawrence
Ferlinghetti. Daily News (Los Angeles) 20 Nov. 1988.
"Four Classical Acts" [on professional music critics
in L.A.]. Jewish Journal 9 Dec. 1988.
1989
"Podopilot" [on podiatrist Michael Lee Stone]. Podiatric
Staff Jan. 1989.
"The Pacific Palisades: A Community Grows Ethnic
Roots." Jewish Journal 27 Jan. 1989.
"The Ergonomic Revolution." Podiatric Staff
Feb. 1989.
"MacArthur Foundation: An End to 'Genius Awards'
in Science?" Scientist 6 Feb. 1989.
"Down Fairfax Avenue." Jewish Journal 24 Feb.
1989.
"Fairfax: The Center of L.A.'s Jewish Life Worries
about its Future." Jewish Journal 24 Feb. 1989.
"Joining the Computer Revolution" (with Edwin Black).
Podiatry Today Mar. 1989.
"The Community Mourns Robbyn Panitch" [on the murder
of a mental health worker]. Jewish Journal 3 Mar. 1989.
"Destroying Cat's Records" [on retaliation against
rock-singer-turned-Muslim Cat Stevens]. Jewish Journal
10 Mar. 1989.
"Lydia Kukoff: A Leader in Reform Judaism." Jewish
Journal 17 Mar. 1989.
"A Little Bit of Israel in the Valley" [on the debut
of a Hebrew language newspaper in L.A.]. Jewish Journal
31 Mar. 1989.
"From Sinai to Tucson" [on podiatrist Amram Dahukey]
(with Eli Allen). Podiatry Today Apr. 1989.
"ORT Gave L.A. Man Hope - and Trade" [on the Organization
for Rehabilitation through Training]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
2 June 1989.
"What's Happening to Fairfax?" [on zoning revisions
in the Fairfax district]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 9 June
1989.
Review of The State of California by Ted Pejovich.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 18 June 1989.
"Keck Transcends its Past, Emerges As Major Funding
Source" [on the
W. M. Keck Foundation]. Scientist 10 July
1989.
"Apocalypse in Paradise" [on Los Angeles writers].
Angeles Aug. 1989.
"Herbs: Ancient Medicine's Modern Renaissance."
Gold Coast Lifestyle Sep. 1989.
Review of For Every Sin by Ahron Appelfeld.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 15 Oct. 1989.
"The Last Resort" [on the author's experiences as
a patient at County-USC Hospital]. Reader (Los Angeles)
10 Nov. 1989.
Review of Born Burning by Thomas Sullivan.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 31 Dec. 1989.
1990
Review of The Rushdie Affair by Daniel Pipes.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 29 July 1990.
Review of First Hubby by Roy Blount, Jr.
Daily News (Los Angeles) 23 Sep. 1990.
"Jewish Education: Who's Accepting Immigrant Children?"
[on Orthodox schooling for recent immigrants]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 21 Sep. 1990.
"The Meaning of Yom Kippur - Through Israeli Eyes"
[on Rabbi Yechiel Wasserman]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
28 Sep. 1990.
"Unraveling the Milken Enigma" [on investor Michael
Milken]. Daily News (Los Angeles) 30 Sep. 1990.
1991
"Mo Worst Blues" [on the death of the author's cockatiel].
Reader (Los Angeles) 10 May 1991.
"Art Is No Accident, Says Young Artist Rifkah Dagold."
B'nai B'rith Messenger 5 July 1991.
"Connie Martinson Insists That Jews Are Still 'The
People of the Book'" [on the cancellation of her book interview
series by the Jewish Television Network]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
2 Aug. 1991.
"California's New U.S. Senator Paints Himself As
a Strong Friend" [on Sen. John Seymour]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
6 Sep. 1991.
"Federation's Fiscal Crisis" [on the Jewish Federation
in L.A.]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 4 Oct. 1991.
"The Journal Question: Is This Any Way to Run a Jewish
Newspaper?" [on editorial changes at Jewish Journal].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 4 Oct. 1991.
"Jewish Teenager Makes Ice Capades Debut Tonight"
[on ice skater Kendra Pohn]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
25 Oct. 1981.
"'Indiana Jones' Makes an L.A. Appearance" [on archaologist
Vendyl Jones]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 1 Nov. 1991.
"JFC Negottiators Declare Impasse" [on labor troubles
at the Jewish Federation Council]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
22 Nov. 1991.
"Shamir's Los Angeles Visit Takes Center Stage" [on
the visit to L.A. by the Israeli Prime Minister]. B'nai
B'rith Messenger 22 Nov. 1991.
"Just Who Is Making a 'Substantial Sacrifice' at
the Jewish Federation?" [on the organization's high executive
salaries]. B'nai B'rith Messenger 29 Nov. 1991.
"David & Goliath (Otherwise Known as ABC)" [on
Israeli activist David Bedein]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
13 Dec. 1991.
"Impassioned Plea to Temple: 'Don't Kill My Livelihood'"
[on the Shomineh Club vs. Temple Beth Am]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 20 Dec. 1991.
1992
"Neo-Nazi-JFK Assassin Link?" [on Col. William Gale].
B'nai B'rith Messenger 3 Jan. 1992.
"Is It Merely the Calm before the Storm?" [on leadership
problems at the Jewish Federation Council]. B'nai B'rith
Messenger 10 Jan. 1992.
Review of A History of the Jews in America
by Howard M. Sachar. Los Angeles Times 31 May 1992,
sec. Book Review.
"Retreat of the Master Race" [on a Nazi enclave near
Topanga State Park]. Los Angeles Times 8 Nov. 1992,
sec. Magazine.
"A Survivor's Bittersweet Refrain" [on composer and
war refugee Leon Levitch]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press
13 Nov. 1992.
"A Nazi Utopia in Rustic Canyon." Heritage Southwest
Jewish Press
11 Dec. 1992. (longer version of 8 Nov. 1992)
"Henry Waxman's Moment of Truth" [on Jewish issues
and the U.S. Congress]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press
18 Dec. 1992.
1993
"My Brief and 'Controversial' Career at the Journal"
[on press freedom at Jewish Journal]. Heritage Southwest
Jewish Press 5 Feb. 1993.
"Schoenberg: Coronation of a Naked Emperor" [on the
composer's L.A. years]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press
12 Feb. 1993.
"No More Angry Words" [on University of Judaism president
David Lieber]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press 26 Feb.
1993.
"David and Goliath" [on the campaign for state Democratic
chairmanship between Steve Barr and Bill Press]. L.A. Village
View 19 Mar. 1993.
"Changing Perceptions" [updates the author's 1977
views on obesity and health]. BBW Apr. 1993.
"Elections '93: City Council, 13th District."
L.A. Village View 16 Apr. 1993.
"Rootless in Utopia" [on the author's experience
in the diaspora]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press 16
Apr. 1993.
"Federation's PR Problems Have a Silver Lining" [on
the Jewish Federation Council's David Silver]. Heritage
Southwest Jewish Press 30 Apr. 1993.
Review of Bohemia by Herbert Gold. L.A.
Village View 2 July 1993.
"Young, Jewish and Radical" [autobiography, part
one]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press 13 Aug. 1993.
"Trouble in Babbitt City" [autobiography, part two].
Heritage Southwest Jewish Press 20 Aug. 1993.
"What's Right with the Left?" [autobiography, part
three]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press. 27 Aug. 1993.
Review of The People v. Clarence Darrow by
Geoffrey Cowan. L.A. Village View 10 Sep. 1993.
1994
"The Tale of the Taj Mahal of the Valley" [on construction
problems at the Bernard Milken Center]. B'nai B'rith Messenger
4 Feb. 1994.
"Reluctant Saint of the Dispossessed" [on writer
Charles Bukowski].
L.A. Village Voice 18 Mar. 1994.
"A Mean, Deceitful Boor" [on the early Richard Nixon}.
Random Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 12 May
1994.
"Showdown at Gillette Ranch" [on a land-use controversy
in the Santa Monica Mountains]. L.A. Village View 13
May 1994.
"Closing the Book on Chatterton's" [on the closing
of an independent bookstore]. Los Angeles Times 15 May
1994, sec. Book Review.
"'94 Election Guide: 41st Assembly District."
L.A. Village View 3 June 1994.
"The Menuhins: A Family Odyssey." Californians
July 1994.
"Rootless in Utopia & Liking It" [Jewish homelands
in California and Israel]. Californians July 1994.
"A Literary Tour of L.A." L.A. Weekly 30 Sep.
1994.
"Up Front" [on printer Ward Ritchie]. Westways
Nov. 1994.
1995
"Hot and Crowded, But Still a Lifesaver" [on County/USC
Medical Center]. Daily News (Los Angeles) 29 Oct. 1995.
"The Fat Man on the Left" [on rail transit in L.A.].
Random Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 9 Nov.
1995.
"The Violence of Fanaticism" [on the changing leadership
of the B'nai B'rith Messenger]. San Francisco
Chronicle 10 Nov. 1995.
"I'm the Fat Man on the Left" [on the author as a
leftist Rush Limbaugh]. San Francisco Chronicle 7 Dec.
1995.
1996
"With the Sound of Gunfire, an Idyllic L.A. Backdrop
Turns Scary." [on neighborhood violence in Silver Lake]. Daily
News (Los Angeles) 7 Jan. 1996
"A Story of Class Warfare" [on banker Jack Boden].
San Francisco Chroncile 15 Feb. 1996.
"Lies Mulholland Tells Us" [on aqueduct-builder William
Mulholland]. Random Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 22
Feb. 1996.
"The Rise of Orange County" [on power shifts in the
state Legislature]. San Francisco Chronicle 22 Feb.
1996.
"A Murky Case of Spousal Abuse" [on the Poynter-Bownes
case]. San Francisco Chronicle. 1 Apr. 1996.
"Car Fees and Parking Tickets Are a Tax on the Poor."
Los Angeles Times 20 Apr. 1996.
"Hayden is Wrong on Rapid Transit." Daily Breeze
(San Pedro, Calif.) 3 May 1996.
"Tom Hayden Should Backtrack, Stop Railing against
Train Lines." Outlook 3 May 1996.
"Killing Claims Another Good Man" [on the death of
reporter Michael Taylor]. Daily Breeze (San Pedro, Calif.)
29 May 1996.
"Killing of Reporter Claims a Good Man." Outlook
(Santa Monica, Calif.) 30 May 1996. (same as preceding item)
"Don't Let Them Eat Cake" [on labor strife at McDonnell
Douglas]. Random Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 13 June
1996.
"If You Can't Beat Them, Kill Them." Los Angeles
View 21 June 1996. (same as preceding item)
"Secession Talk Ignores L.A.'s Past." Daily Breeze
(San Pedro, Calif.) 11 July 1996.
"The Price of History" [on the Higgins Building in
L.A.]. Downtown News (Los Angeles) 15 July 1996.
"L.A.'s Ugly Immigration Debate." San Francisco
Chronicle 31 July 1996.
"Immigration Debate Heats Up in Los Angeles." Outlook
(Santa Monica, Calif.) 8 Aug. 1996.
"Cultural Epicenter" [on bookseller Jake Zeitlin].
Downtown News (Los Angeles) 2 Sep. 1996.
"Memories of Jack Kemp, Schoolyard Bully." San
Diego Jewish Press Heritage 6 Sep. 1996.
"TV Pioneer Finally Wins Recognition" [on Academy
founder Syd Cassyd]. San Francisco Chronicle 6 Sep.
1996.
"Wired for News" [on the L.A. Bureau of Associated
Press]. Downtown News (Los Angeles) 4 Nov. 1996.
"Free Speech for All" [on the SLAPP suit against
poet Julie Stein]. Daily Breeze (San Pedro, Calif.)
11 Nov. 1996.
"Literary L.A." Random Lengths (San Pedro,
Calif.) 14 Nov. 1996.
"More than Ever, Free Speech Must Be Cherished."
Outlook (Santa Monica, Calif.) 18 Nov. 1996.
(same as 11 Nov. 1996)
"The Ballad of Guess, Inc." Random Lengths
(San Pedro, Calif.) 28 Nov. 1996. (same as 11 Nov. 1996)
1997
"Suits Still Slapping Free Speech Rights" [on the
SLAPP suit against poet Julie Stein]. San Francisco Chronicle
17 Feb. 1995. (same as 11 Nov. 1996)
"Guilty Ex-Councilman Puts Own Spin on L.A.'s Past
- and Future" [on Councilman Art Snyder]. Outlook (Santa
Monica, Calif.) 7 Apr. 1997.
"Press Needs Undergrounds' Spirit" [on publisher
Art Kunkin]. Daily Breeze (San Pedro, Calif.) 27 June
1997.
[on the death of poet Walden "Monty" Muns]. City
News Service printout. n.d.
1999
“A Fond Memorial for Yehudi Menuhin at – Where Else? – Westminster Abbey”
[On services for Yehudi Menuhin]. Heritage Southwest Jewish Press
18 June 1999.
“On Reflection: Remembering Uncle Yehudi” [same as preceding]. Jewish Advocate
25 June 1999.
“Menuhin Memorial Brings Back Memories of a Famous Uncle” [same as preceding].
FanFaire n.d. www.ffaire.com/viewersbylines/menuhinmain.html
Online. 7 July 1999
“A Los Angeles Memory of Uncle Yehudi, 1916-1999” [same as preceding]. Los
Angeles Free Press 9 July 1999.
“The Passing of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin” [same as preceding]. Random Lengths
(San Pedro, Calif.) 9 July 1999.
“Letter from London: Mourning Menuhin” [longer version of preceding]. Forward
(New York City) 30 July 1999.
“My Famous Uncle Yehudi” [memories of his uncle]. Jewish Family and Life
n.d. www.jewishfamily.com Online. 11 July 1999
“Passing: Lincoln Haynes” [obituary for newsman Lincoln Haynes]. Random
Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 1 Oct. 1999.
“Death in the City of Angels” [recalling newsman Nieson Himmel]. Random
Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 12 Nov. 1999
2000
“The Bush Coup” [on the Florida vote count]. Published? From
e-mail. 12 Dec. 2000.
“Syd Cassyd, Founder of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Dies” [obituary].
City News Service 4 Feb 2000. News release.
(electronic book:)
Death and Redemption in London and L.A. n.p. Dead End Press. 2000. Online.
Available: www.deadendstreet.com/r6.html 25 July 2003
2001
“Rolfe on Rolfe” [self-interview]. G21 The World’s Magazine
24 March 2001 www.g21.net/daily.htm Online. 26 March 2001.
2002
“Primeval Embedded in Time and Place” [Apocalyptic elements in L.A. writing].
3 a.m. Magazine n.d. www.3ammagazine.com Online. 11 Mar. 2002.
“The Fat Man Returns: An Interview with Lionel Rolfe” [interviewer: Alexander
Dobuzinskis]. 3 a.m. Magazine n.d. www.3ammagazine.com Online.
11 Mar. 2002
“Israel with Weariness and Fear” [Israel’s rightward swing]. Random Lengths
(San Pedro, Calif.) 28 June 2002.
“Bush Foretold by Sinclair Lewis’ Classic” [fascism in America]. Random
Lengths (San Pedro, Calif.) 1 Nov. 2002.
“A Muckraker Lived Here: The Upton Sinclair House” [Sinclair in Monrovia].
Pasadena Star-News 20 Dec. 2002.
“Irv Rubin Went Too Far in Espousing Hate” [Rubin and Odeh]. Daly News
(Los Angeles) 17 Nov. 2002
(book:)
Literary L.A. (new edition, revised and expanded). Los Angeles: California
Classics Books, 2002.
2003
“An Apocalypse Is Just What This Sinful Old World Needs” [Anti-War Protest].
3 a.m. Magazine n.d. www.3ammagazine.com Online. 11
March 2003.
“Bulgarian Diary” [travels in Bulgaria]. G21 The World’s Magazine
n.d. www.g21.net/euro22.htm Online. 24 Mar. 2003.
“Bulgaria in 4/4 Time” [music and politics in Bulgaria]. G21 The World’s
Magazine n.d. www.g21.net/euro23.htm Online. 9 July 2003.
See Overview.