God gathers us
In the great, big open landscape
Of the cosmos and beyond
Exposed— saying
This is My sukkah.
Our stone houses are makeshift
Our strength is fleeting
Our walls of safety will fall after a short or long time.
But God gathers us
In Her sukkah
And says This is real.
This is forever.
This is Me.
No one else is willing to pay the price except Israel which understands its survival depends on it.
Israel, and everything it has accomplished, has given Judaism a spine. After two millennia of insecurity and persecution, Israel shows us a way of being Jewish that is the opposite of weakness.
Our tradition not only teaches to have confidence in the children we are raising but to also trust ourselves, our ever-evolving characters.
Israel Bonds, the organization that has mobilized diaspora investment in the State of Israel for 75 years, is building a community among a new generation of pro-Israel professionals in Los Angeles.
An Open Letter to My Fellow Jews on Peoplehood, Memory, and Israel
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Arab citizens are an integral part of Israeli society. They serve as physicians, nurses, lawyers, engineers, pharmacists, entrepreneurs, professors and judges.
“The Floaters” opens at Laemmle locations in West L.A. and Encino on July 17.
The man behind the 1994 FIFA World Cup is chairing The Beautiful Game: The Untold Story as the Holocaust Museum L.A.’s Goldrich Cultural Center prepares to open in mid-August.
Through The Equalizer (Sha’ar Shivion), children from Jewish, Arab, Druze, Bedouin, religious and secular communities meet through soccer – not only to compete, but also to build friendships and break down barriers that often keep their communities apart.
It’s important to the owners, Lenny and Adaeze Rosenberg – and the neighborhood – to stay true to its longtime recipes.
A symbol of hospitality, families bake batches for holidays, family celebrations and visits with friends and relatives.
UCLA has an opportunity to become a national model for confronting antisemitism through principled leadership, transparent accountability, and meaningful action.
I can imagine many Israelis rolling their eyes: OK, where’s he going with this? When is he telling us what he really came here to say?
