Goldberg: Living Judaism My Way

Born September 18, 1918 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Abraham and Anna Goldberg, he was the second of two children. He attended school at the 37th Street and General Sherman Elementary schools, Von Steuben Junior High and Washington High School and earned an AA from the University of Wisconsin. Through high school he was a member of the AZA 239 and in California became an Advisor of the Glendale AZA. He graduated from Curtis Wright Tech in Glendale with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1940. He was employed at Wally Timm Air Craft and Lockheed Air Craft and then became a Fire Protection Engineer working for Fire Sprinkler companies, founding his own company and then became an Engineering Consultant before retiring in 1995. He has been active serving in various offices in the Temples Menorah, Har Zion, and Beth Torah, the Gem & Mineral Clubs of Culver City, Ventura and Oxnard, and nonprofit organizations including Family-To-Family, Commission on Human Concerns, Jewish Family Services, Project Understanding, and Food Share. He and Phyllis married in October 1940. They raised two sons, John and Steve. Les currently resides in the Goldberg Compound in Ventura with his friends Ron, George, Tom and Kai. His son Steve lives at the Kemp Sisters’ House in Oxnard and visits him two or three times a week. Les continues his daily, seven days a week, food pick-up from Trader Joe’s, Starbucks, Peet’s Coffee & Tea Shop, and Kentucky Fried Chicken and distributes to the hungry through his network of organizations (Harrison house, Khepera House, Family-To-Family, Temple Beth Torah, Boys & Girls Club, Project Understanding, Catholic Charities, Commission on Human Concerns) depending upon the amount of donations and with the assistance of his friends.Goldberg, Lester is the author of 'Goldberg: Living Judaism My Way', published 2007 under ISBN 9781932993721 and ISBN 193299372X.