
Catching Up with CSS, the National Jewish Defense and Security Agency
CSS volunteers in LA set up at synagogues and Jewish events, often alongside private security guards, to ensure there is extra coverage.
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.”

CSS volunteers in LA set up at synagogues and Jewish events, often alongside private security guards, to ensure there is extra coverage.

By giving Judaica to wildfire evacuees, the entire community has the opportunity to come together and support one another.

In his speech, the colonel spoke about how Israel is fighting a war on seven fronts, as well as an eighth front: the political warfare campaign against the Jewish state.


Furthermore, 80% of Jewish college students have experienced (30%), seen (29%) or heard about (22%) an antisemitic incident taking place on campus.

I hope that Judaism feels like a big, warm hug for my children, just like it did for me when I converted.

If we are jealous of someone else, it’s because we are lacking something in our lives

In a time when we all have Israel on our minds, you can experience it right in the Valley.

The Jewish Journal sat down with filmmaker James L. Freedman to discuss his new work and the memorable life of Grodin.

“If you’ve ever been curious about what makes a monster tick, or how Jewish stories have shaped the way we think about them, this is the panel for you.”