Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | Welcome Home
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
January 23, 2025
We’ve waited so long for this moment to greet you, to welcome you home, to hug you.
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January 23, 2025
Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Lipskier’s Route From Ukraine to Sherman Oaks
Ari L. Noonan
January 23, 2025
With the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coming up, he has returned to Ukraine a few times and noted that “life there has been very difficult since the war began.”
Sacred Heresy
Michael Berenbaum
January 23, 2025
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz (Teneck, NJ: Ben Yehuda Press, 2025).
Aviva Gat’s Novel Captures the Lives Shattered by Tragedy
Ayala Or-El
January 23, 2025
A fictionalized account based on true events, the novel follows the lives of six characters whose worlds are upended by tragedy.
The Promise of Israel
Karen Lehrman Bloch
January 23, 2025
The first English-language opera about Herzl, “State of the Jews,” premiered at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center last week.
From Israel with Love
Joel B. Pollak
January 23, 2025
Thanks to the Israeli Consulate and other groups, a team of firefighting experts from Israel flew in last week and immediately joined local forces.
Cantor Jacqueline Rafii Brings Music, Community and Culture to Valley Beth Shalom
Ayala Or-El
January 23, 2025
“We want to celebrate Jewish culture and its richness, bring the community together and uplift it.”– Jacqueline Rafii
After Fires, Book Studio Donates Books to L.A.
Debra L. Eckerling
January 23, 2025
The Collective Book Studio, a woman-owned independent publisher, based in Oakland, is donating hundreds of books to libraries, bookstores and families.
After the Fires, “Maman” Giving Back to Evacuees and First Responders
Ayala Or-El
January 23, 2025
Just a couple of days after the Palisades fires began, Sara Jacobs sprang into action, organizing support for displaced families from Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Campus Watch January 23, 2025
Aaron Bandler
January 23, 2025
A roundup of incidents, good and bad, happening on school campuses.
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