Newman said the mainstreams of the Jewish and Christian communities, both Democrats and Republicans, and U.S. churches are generally supportive of Israel.

With her new role, Rabizadeh will lead an effort to ensure that AJU programming is ubiquitous across the country.

An array of Jewish groups across the country are kickstarting into action to protest and potentially challenge the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that had enshrined the right to an abortion in the United States.

For many American Jews, the concept of a shemittah (or Sabbatical) year may sound like a mystical event in a land far away.

Jews who live in North Beverly Hills soon will be able to dip in a mikvah (ritual bath) that has the “feel of a Ritz Carlton spa,” said Rabbi Pini Dunner, the spiritual leader of Young Israel of North Beverly Hills (YINBH), where the new mikvah and kelim mikvah are located.

On Sunday, May 22, 50 women of the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) met for a gala opening of their five-day Quadrennial Conference, called "Looking to the Future," at the Shalva National Center in Jerusalem.

Nearly a dozen Iranian activists opposed to the Islamic regime in Iran — from Northern and Southern California as well as from Europe —...

On the Venice Beach boardwalk, just steps away from trendy restaurants, weed shops, tattoo parlors and, of course, the ocean, is an Orthodox synagogue with three bright blue Stars of David on its facade.

The Journal asked several local Jewish leaders and clergy to share their reactions to this historic ruling.

According to a study commissioned by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Jewish community has grown by 25% over the last 25 years, to 564,700 individuals and nearly 300,000 Jewish households, making it the second largest Jewish community in the United States.

When it opens this summer at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Guerin Children’s will be, according to president and CEO Thomas M. Priselac, “an international destination for children and their families and as a leader in pediatric care and research in the United States."

An estimated 170,000 people attended the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on the morning of Friday, June 10.

This past May, young Jewish professionals from Los Angeles spent a week in Costa Rica zip-lining in the jungle, white-water rafting in the Sarapiqui River, soaking in natural hot springs and spending Shabbat dinner together in San José. 

Born in Munich, Germany, to Holocaust survivors, Esther Macner regards this as the single most defining moment of her life.

In July, around 10,000 Jewish athletes from around the world will arrive in Israel for the 21st annual Maccabiah Games, a celebration of Jewish unity and culture through athletic competition.

Music helps Wissot fulfill her goal as a rabbi and cantor, which is to teach the meaningful tradition she has been handed. 

Exactly a half-century after the first American woman rabbi, Sally J. Priesand, was ordained, progress for women has been mixed, in the view of Rabbi Sari Laufer of Stephen Wise Temple.

Food and family go hand-in-hand.

In the summer of 1985, Rabbi Elazar Muskin and his wife Ruhama came to Los Angeles on their honeymoon.

The California primary elections on June 7 had a low voter turnout with only 21.6% of eligible voters statewide submitting ballots as of June 12.

A group of high school college counselors from the United States and Canada traveled to Israel to collaborate on opportunities for real culture change...

Orthopedic surgeon Adam Sassoon does whatever it takes to aid his patients in their recovery process.

There was a day 23 years ago when young Jewish children in Los Angeles were the target of a mass shooting.

Holocaust memory is critical to Jewish identity, but Marcell Kenesei wants the Hungarian-Jewish people to transcend the traumas of the Shoah. 

Rabbi Scott Fox didn’t set out to be a rabbi.

In 2011, one year after Kira Rappaport had her first child, she went to the dentist for a routine cleaning.

A growing number of state lawmakers has voiced strong support for a new, supportive housing development for people with disabilities in Los Angeles’ Pico...

No matter how you celebrate Shavuot, there’s bound to be cheesecake involved. 

Last week, an urgent message quickly spread throughout Pico-Robertson WhatsApp groups.

Hronsky learned about inclusivity and the value of caring for all different types of people from one of the Torah’s core teachings.