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January 2004

More than 500 South Bay Jews lobby Albertsons for local kosher facility

South Bay Jews interested in a kosher supermarket listen to Albertsons executives during a Dec 2nd meeting held at SPHDS.

By Aliza Aziz

More than 500 people gathered in Sunnyvale in early December to meet executives from the Albertsons supermarket chain in hopes of persuading them to open a full-service kosher facility inside a local Albertsons store.

The Albertsons executives, led by Yakov Yarmove, corporate kosher marketing and operations manager, were impressed with the large turnout and the level of excitement.

What was to have been a focus group of 30 to 40 community members for the purpose of gauging interest into the possibility of establishing a more comprehensive kosher facility, blossomed into something much more. The "if" became "what" and "where." More

Local Jewish teen crowned Miss California U.S. Teen 2003

Jessica Leah Deutsch, a member of Congregation Beth David, was crowned in her first ever teen pageant in 2003

By Donna Frankel

Jessica Leah (Jessa) Deutsch, 15, of Sunnyvale recently became the new Miss California United States Teen 2003. She won first place in the preliminary interview competition at the Nationals, which were held November 7-10, in Charlotte, NC, winning 2nd Runner-Up overall. This was quite a feat as the youngest contestant there, her first-ever major pageant.

When asked why she entered the pageant, Jessa explained that she wanted to exercise her talents.

"There is really no place for a young teen to shine in their talent other than school events," she said. "These shows give you the opportunity to put yourself out there." More

Kehillah forfeits Blackford Campus to higher bidder

By Cecily Ruttenberg

Kehillah Jewish High School forfeited its lease with the Blackford Campus to a higher bidder in early December at an auction hosted by the Campbell Union High School District.

By the end of the Dec. 4 auction, the Harker School had offered $1.5 million, more money than Kehillah was prepared to pay. The bids started at $750,000-a-year for a 20-year lease, and went up in $5,000 increments.

At the end of the day, Kehillah representatives said they felt very good about their decision. "Our commitment in dollars and cents is to the excellence of our academic programs — teachers, curriculum, extracurricular activities — and not to a particular building or site," Kehillah Chairman Len Lehmann wrote in an email to community members after the meeting. "What happens inside the classrooms is more important than where the classrooms are located."
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