He founded Der Nister, the first Yiddish synagogue in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rabbi Kahn, a leader at Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, said the most striking aspect of his most recent mission was spending meaningful time with “displaced Israeli families who have been living in hotels since Oct. 7.”

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First of two parts

In some ways, Rabbi Yaakov Peer, the founder/director of the Chabad Persian Youth Center in the heart of Pico-Robertson has spent important parts of his life traveling.

Rabbi Gadi Azoulay, the co-founder of Oseh Chessed, an organization dedicated to “helping Jewish families of all religious levels,” is modest when talking about his work.

With the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coming up, he has returned to Ukraine a few times and noted that “life there has been very difficult since the war began.”

After 29 years leading Temple Beth Ohr, Rabbi Goldmark retired.