May 16, 2006

Annual Spring Luncheon Honoring Past Presidents     

      BALLET:  OUR FANTASY WORLD  

      Speaker:  Jodie Gates, Former Principal Dancer with the Joffrey Ballet 

April 18, 2006      

General Meeting

      GENOCIDE IN THE 21st CENTURY: DARFUR, SUDAN  
      Speaker:  Janice Kamenir-Reznik, J.D., Co-Founder, Jewish World Watch 
      Special Exhibit: Darfur, by John McManus, Sculptor

      To learn more about the humanitarian efforts that are being made to help stop the genocide in Darfur, see http://www.jewishworldwatch.org and http://ww.savedarfur.org. 
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March 21, 2006   

Annual Business Meeting and Elections

      Animal Parents:  Conscientious Caregivers 
      Speaker:  Sandra Lipschultz, Chair of the Los Angeles Zoo Docent Speakers Bureau
      For more information about the Los Angeles Zoo, see http://lazoo.org.
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February 7, 2006   

Scholarship Dinner

      PERCEPTION versus DECEPTION 
      Speakers/Performers:  Professor Philip Kellman, Director, UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program 
      and Magicians GLENN FALKENSTEIN & FRANCES WILLARD (See http://www.falkenstein-willard.com/.)
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November 15, 2005     

Second General Meeting

      THE SPIRIT OF LAUGHTER 
       Speaker:  Alice Glasser, MD, MPH, Member of Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor 
      To order Dr. Alice’s book Where Can I Be Decaffeinated? or find out about her seminars, visit her website at http://www.laughingwithdralice.com/.  
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October 18, 2005   

First General Meeting and Section Sign-ups     

      THE RIGHT THING:  THE LEGACY OF DANNY PEARL 
      Speakers:  Professor Judea & Ruth Pearl, Parents of Danny Pearl 
      Performers:  Lorenz Gamma, Violin, & Ming Tsu, Piano 
      For more information and up-to-date news on the Daniel Pearl Foundation and the notable work it is doing to help forge peace and understanding between diverse cultures, please see http://danielpearlfoundation.org/. You can also learn about the Annual Daniel Pearl Music Day and Harmony for Humanity on this website.