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• Born as a Russian Jew, I now have the fortune and privelege of being a citizen of the United States of America. Thank you, my grandparents, whose idea of human dignity conflicted with that of the Soviets.

• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society helped us come to America, and continues to help others to do so.

• I went to high school at L.A.C.E.S. 1990-1993. Matthew runs an alumni directory.

• I went to school at Brandeis University:
  • I volunteered with the BURP! Brandeis University Recycling Program! where I was named "the most loyal BURP! volunteer" simply for wearing the "volunteer helper" hat and doing whatever was asked.

  • Jewish Free Loan Association helped me pay my way. They have awesome programs for interest-free loans. You can donate to the fund, and they'll loan your money out over and over again, helping many people.

  • Brandeis Alumni Association

• EarthLink, through which I found my church and also where I apprenticed for seven years as a computer systems administrator. This company will always have a very fond place in my heart. Thank you, Sky Dayton, and my dear colleagues and members.

• These are my technology affiliations:
  • USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association

  • League of Professional System Administrators

  • System Administrators Guild

  • System Administrators Guild of Australia

  • Unix Users Association of Southern California

  • Internet Society

  • Linux Australia

• My church, through which I have come to support:
  • The booklet for happiness

  • Better Living and Education

  • Human Rights, Defense Against Psychiatric Abuses

  • Association for Peace and Understanding in the Middle East

  • Citizens Commission on Human Rights

  • And many other programs to succor and uplift man.

• I am proud to serve the public in City of Los Angeles by work in the Public Library. I started at Durant branch library as a messenger-clerk, which was great fun, and then went to Central Library as a clerk-typist. I got to work in Computer Center, Circulation, History and Cataloging (Russian). I loved all of it. I am still on the employee rolls as a substitute CT, which means I continue to work in the library a day a month or so.

• KUSC - Classical Radio Station

• Mensa

• LA City Employees Association

• FairTax wants to replace our income tax with a fairer and less complicated national sales tax.

• Sierra Madre Peace Mongers

• I enjoy nature and try to contribute to it:

  • Friends of the San Jacinto Mountains

  • Tree People

  • Earth Resource Foundation

  • Natural Resources Defense Council

  • FlexCar - car sharing

  • Organic Consumers Association - fights to keep the food label "organic" meaningful

  • Ocean Futures Society - courtesy of the Cousteau family.