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temple israel
Moving & Shaking: Waldorf Astoria ribbon-cutting; new JFS director; social justice awards
Ryan Torok
July 19, 2017
Technology makes education omnipresent
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
There was a time when students at Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School took annual fieldtrips to Spanish missions in California and wrapped up the experience with a final product that may seem as old-fashioned as the structures themselves — a written report.
‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race
Jewish Journal
April 16, 2013
“It was a beautiful day. I was so excited to run and having such a good run. The crowd was unbelievable. The whole experience was amazing. It was almost magical.\”
A poem for a temple reborn by Patty Seyburn
Jewish Journal
February 13, 2013
This poem by Patty Seyburn was commissioned for the reopening of the newly renovated Temple Israel, in Long Beach, and will be read in fully by Seyburn at the temple on March 9. For information: click here.
Long Beach synagogue vandalized
Ryan Torok
January 23, 2013
Long Beach police are searching for a male suspect who threw a brick at the window of Temple Israel of Long Beach on Jan. 7. This was the second incident of vandalism at the Reform congregation, located at 269 Loma Ave., since the building reopened in October following a major renovation project.
Miami temple disinvites Wasserman Schultz
Jewish Journal
May 25, 2012
Miami’s Temple Israel said it canceled tonight’s appearance by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) due to security concerns, but the congresswoman – chair of the Democratic National Committee– called it “internal politics” after learning that a leading GOP donor quit the synagogue because he would not be allowed to give a Republican response.
Feminist cantor retires from long-term post
Danielle Berrin
July 23, 2008
If words don\’t come easily to Rosenbloom, it\’s because she has spent most of her life singing. As early as age 4, she jumped up on a coffee table at home and sang an Israeli folk song for her mother and father
Martin Luther King’s Hollywood dream
Keren Engelberg
January 5, 2007
Temple Israel of Hollywood has had many milestones in its 80 years as a Jewish cultural landmark in our city. One that bears special significance this month, however, occurred on Friday, Feb. 26, 1965 , when the synagogue\’s Rabbi Max Nussbaum welcomed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to share the bimah with him and to offer a sermon.
Hooray for Holy-wood
Joel Kotkin
December 8, 2005
But perhaps a better reflection of Los Angeles\’ overall civic health might be to look at Temple Israel in Hollywood. There, a $20 million new building program — this being Los Angeles, an expanding parking lot is one centerpiece — will soon be tearing down aging adjacent apartments to make way for an expanded campus, including a new education complex and chapel.
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