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The organization will be bringing together eight Jewish adoptees of color to be in community over a seven-month period.

Rabbi Kushner provides a path for elevating our humanity, appreciating the wisdom of Jewish tradition and practice, and experiencing the divinity residing within all humans, even those who do not yet acknowledge God’s presence.

When Eli Beer ecently learned that Eli Cohen’s widow, Nadia, was still alive at 91, he knew he wanted her to be the guest of honor at United Hatzalah’s annual gala in Los Angeles.

The results will bring the number of Jewish governors to seven in January 2027. The incoming U.S. Senate will have 10 Jewish members, including nine Democrats and one independent.

Raman has called BDS a legitimate form of protest, while her campaign says a boycott of Israel will not be part of her agenda as mayor. I take her at her word, and I will hold her to it.

What’s most troubling is that, much like what happened in Germany on that horrible night, the participants in the bike ride were normal people, your friends and neighbors.

We might vow to distance ourselves from those who do evil, but when it involves friends and family, it can be excruciating to do so.

The term “f-bomb” has become obsolete. The one-time shocker is so common that it’s more of an f-firecracker.

When I reunite with my parents, I imagine it will go something like this.

If neither of the nation’s two dominant political parties is willing to commit to us, then we are under no obligation to commit to them.

If Nithya Raman is serious about making Jews feel safe, it’s time for her to set an example and correct the lie of the century. Don’t just do it for the Jews. Do it for the truth.

Cenk Uygur’s grocery-aisle libel cost his candidate nothing. Then Washington ended the aid, and the grievance didn’t move an inch.

His work was to lift-up those in need, support the downtrodden and, particularly, respond with a compassionate heart to the many Holocaust Survivors who lived in the Fairfax District.

“Here There Are Blueberries” is a fascinating autopsy into the morality of indifference.

While popular culture often praises “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” as a touching fable, historians have long condemned it as a dangerous fabrication.

The goal of the organization is simple: to ensure that no one faces recovery alone.

My mother’s childhood drawing of Hitler became my contribution to the Venice Biennale, and then I found myself confronting the very hatred my mother had put on paper.

Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.

Some may scoff, but those little rituals help. They don’t undermine our faith; they actually bring us closer to God.