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jewish federation of greater los angeles
Bomb threats against Jewish centers, not in Los Angeles
Ryan Torok
January 9, 2017
Jewish community centers in several states reported receiving ultimately discredited bomb threats on Monday. None of the threats targeted Jewish organizations or institutions in Los Angeles.
$4 million matching grant aims to engage L.A. Jewish teens
Ryan Torok
November 11, 2015
With the support of a more than $4 million matching grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation.
L.A. Jewish Federation sends second email on Iran deal, acknowledging the deal is ‘complex’
Ryan Torok
August 6, 2015
Following public outcry in response to a community-wide call-to-action email sent July 21 by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, on Aug. 6 Federation Board Chair Leslie E. Bider and President and CEO Jay Sanderson sent a second email with the subject line “An Acknowledgement and a reaffirmation.”
L.A. Federation issues strong opposition to Iran nuclear deal
Jared Sichel
July 23, 2015
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles released a statement July 21 expressing strong opposition to the recent nuclear agreement reached in Vienna on July 14 between Iran and the United States, European powers and China, also known as the P5+1.
Birthright group asks alum to lobby Congress against Iran Nuclear deal
Tom Tugend
July 14, 2015
On Tuesday, a New York-based Birthright Israel alumni group sent an email to all of its members urging them to lobby Congress to reject the nuclear arms agreement between Iran and the United States.
Why Santa Barbara Hillel’s largest donor is the Jewish Federation of … Boston
Jared Sichel
March 4, 2015
Rabbi Evan Goodman, executive director of UC Santa Barbara’s Hillel, was concerned when annual funding allocations from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles were cut year after year, beginning in 2011. But he wasn’t surprised.
Hillel 818 starts anew following Federation-led transformation
Jared Sichel
January 28, 2015
On Sept. 3, 2014, Jay Sanderson, president and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, met with the board of Hillel 818 at the home of a Hillel board member and gave an ultimatum:
Los Angeles locals remember the victims of the Paris terror attacks
Jewish Journal
January 15, 2015
Seventeen yahrzeit candles were displayed on the bimah at Sinai Temple on Jan. 14, where about 300 people gathered to pay homage to lives lost too soon. Each wick represented a victim of the recent attacks in Paris.
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