USC Rare Books and Manuscripts
Collection 164

LIONEL MENUHIN ROLFE COLLECTION

Box 1: Articles 1964 - 1984

Box 2: Articles 1985 - Present

Box 3: The Jewish Press. Newspapers containing articles by Lionel Rolfe

Box 4: Unpublished typescripts, reviews, and publicity

Box 5: Bread and Hyacinths. Research materials

Box 6: The Sagebrush Bohemian (by Nigey Lennon). Research materials

Box 7: Nigey Lennon miscellany

Box 1

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.

Box 2

 

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, 13^th 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: 41^st 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.