Interviews Our initial interviews focused specifically on organizational community life among Israelis in Los Angeles. Each interviewee was asked to share his or her unique observations and experiences with a specific focus, i.e., education, outreach, philanthropy, etc. The synopses represented here are edited extractions from longer transcripts that will be available in the project archives. Those transcripts include personal histories, for future possible analyses on Israeli American immigrant patterns. Additional articles dealing with academic perspectives and personal commentaries present the observations of leading scholars in the field of the Israeli diaspora and/or Jewish studies, as well as first-hand experiences by Israeli Americans.   Interviews on Community Life: Academic Perspectives & Personal Commentaries: Shimon Erem, Community Activist & Bridge Builder Meira Peery, Educator Metuka Benjamin , Educational Director and Philanthropical Activist Amnon Peery, Organizer and Board Member Zerubavel and Chava Haifetz, Leaders Within the Jewish American Community Dr. Yehuda Handelsman, Cultural Arts Organizer   Steven Gold, Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University.: Educated and Entrepreneurial David Myers, Director, UCLA Center for Jewish Studies: Israeli Americans & American Jewry David Hirsch, Librarian for Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies at UCLA: Library Collections Lev Hakak, Professor of Hebrew Literature, UCLA: Contemporary Hebrew Writing in the US Edoe Cohen, second-generation Israeli American: Where is Home?

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