There is no demographic study of the Iranian Jewish community in Los Angeles, although its size is generally given as 30,000, including the American-born children of the original immigrants.
Sinai Temple drew a large crowd Nov. 8 for a debate titled, \”America, Israel and the Middle East: Can There Be Reconciliation?\” Participants were Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow of the American Task Force on Palestine, which seeks the creation of a Palestinian state to exist peacefully with Israel.
Warren told Wolfson his interest is in helping all houses of worship, not in converting Jews. He said there are more than enough Christian souls to deal with for starters.
Having celebrated Shabbat around the world, Elie Wiesel conveyed the novelty of Sinai\’s Friday Night Live service, which invites singles to stick around for socializing.
Dean\’s confusion about the location of the Book of Job generated a fair amount of ridicule at the time from commentators — but not from William Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of The New York Times, who is speaking next week about Job at Sinai Temple.
Sinai Temple in Westwood has spent at least $365,000 annually on increased security since Sept. 11.
\”That\’s just for my manpower, to have bodies here when the building is open,\” said Howard Lesner, the Conservative synagogue\’s executive director, who gleans the extra security budget from a post-Sept. 11, $36-per-student fee at Sinai\’s day school and another $200-per-family temple fee.
Do you pray? Do you watch \”The Simpsons\” religiously? Do you pray while watching Bart and Homer and the rest of the Springfield gang?
In 1973, when then-33-year-old Jimmy Delshad was sitting in Sinai Temple, he asked his father-in-law, "Who\’s that man sitting next to the rabbi on the bimah?"
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