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	Lester Goldberg (as told to Lee Riggan and Kai Scott ) Lester Goldberg: Living Judaism My Way by Les Goldberg with collaborators Lee Riggan and Kai Scott ISBN: 1-932993-72-X Non-Fiction/Memoirs 380 pages - $25.00 In The Beginning - “First of all, why are we doing this?” Why are we writing my story? First, I wanted my boys, John and Steve, to know my story, as much as I know of it. My “ghost writer” and I were sitting in the truck, our office, getting comfortable and ready to record. Besides a family history, I wanted to look at the “why” of people being homeless and the “how” of helping homeless people from my experience. Well, I decided, we should start with my beginning. This is the touching story of a wonderful humanitarian, the two great tragedies in his life, and the philosophy that guided his life learned as a boy from his father and from the AZA resulting in his drive to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless in his own home. Purchase At Borders Here  Purchase at Blackwells Here Lester Goldberg 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.   Lee Riggan Lee Riggan was born in Los Angeles, California over six decades ago and was raised with her three brothers and three sisters, all younger, as they moved from place to place in California and Maryland. She’s planted herself in Ventura County and raised her son Shawn and four daughters, Pam, Robin, Kimberly and Trish. She graduated from California State University Northridge with Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, Counseling and Guidance, and a Baccalaureate in Cultural Anthropology. She has her own business, a Title 24 Home Energy Efficiency Rating Service. She is the CEO for Promotoras y Promotores Foundation and is a member of the Ventura County Commission for Women and the Business & Profession Women of Conejo Valley. Kai Scott Kai Scott was born in Hollywood, California a little over two decades ago and given new life five years ago on October 14, 2001 when I met Les. So you could say I am only five years old. I had been working at Catholic Charities and living in my Volvo before then. Living with Les was an answer to my prayer to no longer be homeless, to no longer be lonely. Now I am working at understanding my bipolar condition and am working to live a happy productive life. I gained knowledge from attending Fairfax High School, from managing a business, and from my challenging life. I have practiced writing for 15 years through daily journaling. I have my own business repairing computers and web site development. When Les asked me to help write his book I was thrilled. I believe Les, Lee and I did a good job. All we really had to do was help Les tell his own story and he did all the talking. Thanks, Les.