The lights dimmed at the Pico Union Project, an interfaith space just across the 110 Freeway from downtown, and Aziza Hasan climbed onstage.
The seventh annual OUR HOUSE Run for Hope at the West Los Angeles Civic Center included a tribute led by Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin to the late L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who died in March of cancer.
An annual Chabad menorah-lighting took place before sundown on the afternoon of Dec. 8 on the Spring Street steps of Los Angeles City Hall.
Some Jews wore kippot, while Muslim fellows wore hijabs and niqabs as 300 members of the two religious communities came together over an iftar dinner June 25 during Ramadan at Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
“Love wins” was a popular reaction throughout social media last week to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage.
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