Community

In the early 1970s, there was no synagogue that members of the LGBTQ community could call home.

In resettling Afghan refugee families, L.A. congregation bring lessons of the Passover story to life.

If you’re choosing to attend the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival instead of going to a Passover Seder this weekend, you can actually do both.

He succeeds longtime Senior Rabbi Ed Feinstein,  who is stepping back, not away. Feinstein, who joined VBS in 1993 and was senior rabbi for 17 years, followed the late legendary Rabbi Harold Schulweis. 

“This year we wanted to provide an opportunity, after years of isolation and virtual community, to come together in the flesh,” Chelsea Snyder, director of NuRoots’ Community Building, told the Journal.

It’s oh so easy to get bored of matzah during Passover, but the wonderful thing about matzah is you can do anything you want with it.