What It’s Like to Be a Jew
Sometimes, it’s scary, difficult and tiring. But it is also simultaneously joyful, exciting and a great honor.
Kylie Ora Lobell is a writer for the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, The Forward, Tablet Magazine, Aish, and Chabad.org and the author of the first children’s book for the children of Jewish converts, “Jewish Just Like You.”
Sometimes, it’s scary, difficult and tiring. But it is also simultaneously joyful, exciting and a great honor.
At United Hatzalah’s Los Angeles gala on March 20, over 1,200 people gathered and raised more than $12 million.
The Jewish community has been stepping up to support them in their time of need, most recently hosting them at Camp Ramah in Ojai for a weeklong, healing retreat.
It may seem strange for me to urge you to be joyful now, but it’s necessary.
For Savetsky, a simple gesture like wearing a piece of clothing takes on a much deeper meaning in these times, when antisemitism is spreading around the world and Israel is fighting for its right to exist.
The ICC/Schoen survey findings came from interviews with 1,000 U.S. adults, 400 American college students and 200 Jewish college students.
Run by David Fishof, who worked with Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, Joe Walsh and Peter Frampton, the camp gives people a chance to feel like rockstars as well.
“Be the Light,” a mindful event and gathering for the Jewish community, held its second event in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 29.
Animator, director and producer Saul Blinkoff shares Jewish values in his films as well as around the world as an inspirational speaker.