On a recent afternoon in the gymnasium of Emek Hebrew Academy in Sherman Oaks, the squeaking of sneakers on hardwood and shouts of “Defense!” and “Screen right!” echo off the empty bleachers.
Take a tour of the spectacular third home of the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, founded in 1862 as Congregation B’nai B’rith.
Cal State Northridge journalism professor David Blumenkrantz traveled to four locations in the San Fernando Valley in August to photograph and speak with homeless individuals in an attempt to spotlight — and humanize — the issue that has risen to crisis proportions in Los Angeles. Here are some excerpts from those encounters.
For even the most observant Jews, sleeping in the sukkah is a serious weeklong commitment that’s not without its challenges.
Yuval Rotem, who was named acting director general of the Israel Foreign Ministry by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (10/13), is remembered in Los Angeles as “one of the most popular and effective envoys to have represented his country in Los Angeles, the Southwestern states and Hawaii.”
About 400 people at Stephen Wise Temple in Bel Air attended an Oct. 6 memorial service for former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres, who died Sept. 28 at age 93.
Menacing waves were crashing at Venice Beach on a recent Saturday morning, but more than a dozen young beginning surfers led by a Jewish doctor from UCLA were up for the challenge.
During biblical times, the holiday of Sukkot, which begins at sundown Oct. 16, celebrated a bountiful harvest.
For the second time in half a year, the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC) has launched an attack against Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UCLA’s campus by spreading a variety of posters across the university — including one featuring a caricature of Jerry Kang, UCLA’s vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, that labels him an “advocate of campus terrorist supporters.”
Many European countries characterize the refugee crisis as a “German problem.”
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