Calendar: September 2-8
Amanda Epstein
September 2, 2016
Join in the new Kaballat Shabbat gathering in Los Angeles for young Jewish and Israeli adults, ages 25-40.
Category
Events
Moving and Shaking: Jewish Community Day at Dodger Stadium, JCFLA supports Jewish innovation
Ryan Torok
September 2, 2016
Wearing a yarmulke, tzitzit and a Sandy Koufax jersey, Rabbi Jason Weiner, senior rabbi and manager of the spiritual care department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, threw the ceremonial first pitch during Jewish Community Day at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 28 to Joc Pederson, a Jewish team member of the Dodgers.
Calendar: August 26 – September 1
Amanda Epstein
August 25, 2016
Bring your family and friends, a picnic dinner, and come mingle with the community and all of the 16 congregations and Jewish organizations involved.
Moving and Shaking: ‘Urinetown’ at De Toledo High School, new consul general of Israel and more
Ryan Torok
August 25, 2016
De Toledo High School won Best Production for the musical “Urinetown” at the fifth annual Jerry Herman Awards on May 22.
Moving and shaking: Atid, YRF Darca, Parviz Nazarian and more
Ryan Torok
August 18, 2016
Atid, the young professionals group of Sinai Temple, has named Becky Blitz the Atid Outstanding Leadership Honoree for 2016.
Calendar: August 19-25, 2016
Amanda Epstein
August 17, 2016
Come enjoy a Shabbat service celebrating Tu b’Av — the day of romance in Israel, like Valentine’s Day.
Moving and shaking: Chabad of Santa Clarita Valley, Amit Ruderman and more
Ryan Torok
August 11, 2016
Although members of the Chabad of Santa Clarita Valley were spared the destruction of the Sand fire that burned for weeks, “a lot of them had very close calls,” said Rabbi Choni Marozov, who runs the Chabad house there.
Moving and shaking: Honoring Max Steinberg, The Concern Foundation and more
Ryan Torok
August 4, 2016
Marking the second anniversary of lone soldier Max Steinberg’s July 20, 2014 death while serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Steinberg’s parents, locals Stuart and Evie Steinberg, and Jewish National Fund (JNF) Ammunition Hill Liaison Yoel Rosby visited the Wall of Honor at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on July 20.
Calendar: August 5-11, 2016
Amanda Epstein
August 3, 2016
In 1936, Adolf Hitler was in power, the Third Reich was hosting the Summer Olympics in Berlin and the racial divide in America was prominent.
Moving and shaking: Transgender in the IDF, Shana Torah and more
Ryan Torok
July 27, 2016
“My story really is a fairy tale,” said Shachar, a transgender Israel Defense Forces lieutenant at an event at Congregation Kol Ami (the IDF does not permit the use of the first names of active-duty personnel).
New Articles
John Ondrasik, Jonah Platt Highlight AJC, ADL Press Briefing at UCLA Hillel
Aaron Bandler
May 3, 2024
Shabbat Prayer for Our College Students and Ourselves
Lisa Ellen Niver
May 3, 2024
1,400 Yizkors
Chaim Steinmetz
May 3, 2024
Being Good is Easier to Resist than Sweezy vs New Hampshire
Gershon Hepner
May 2, 2024
A Bisl Torah – Souls Connected
Rabbi Nicole Guzik
May 2, 2024
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.