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Organizers hope solidarity march starts annual interfaith tradition
Roberto Loiederman
September 13, 2017
Interfaith program joins Muslims and Jews in prayer
Roberto Loiederman
February 26, 2014
On Feb. 7, at Shabbat services at Temple Beth Hillel (TBH) — a Reform shul in Valley Village — a small, attractive woman sang religious songs she had coauthored.
The Mensch List: Feeding body and soul
Elyse Glickman
January 2, 2014
While some synagogue sanctuaries are adorned with fresh flowers, the bimah of Temple Beth Hillel in Valley Village is lined with towers of fresh apples and oranges. Although the décor, devised by Leslye Adelman, is stylish, it is also functional.
Moving and Shaking: JWW presents Survivors’ Legacy Award, TBH hosts Feed the Hungry Feast
Ryan Torok
December 4, 2013
Jewish World Watch (JWW) presented its Survivors’ Legacy Award — which recognizes activists who honor the legacy of the Holocaust by responding to genocide wherever it occurs — to the Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy on Nov. 17.
Opposition continues despite new Boy Scout policy
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
In 2001, Temple Israel of Hollywood (TIOH) overwhelmingly decided to end its sponsorship of Cub Scout Pack 1300 to protest the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) policy banning openly gay scouts and leaders. It ended a nearly 50-year tradition of scouting at the Reform congregation.
Comedic Warfare
Naomi Pfefferman
June 6, 2002
A funny thing happened on the way to the synagogue: A rabbi and an Egyptian American, both professional comics, teamed up to perform \”One Arab, One Jew, One Stage\” this week at Temple Beth Hillel in Valley Village and Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo.\n\n\”It sounds like a joke, especially as violence is escalating in the Middle East\” says Bob Alper, 57, who bills himself as \”the only practicing rabbi in the country doing standup — intentionally.\” \”But the point is to diffuse the tension and to humanize our two groups.\”\n\nThe humor is nonpolitical, says Ahmed Ahmed, a 31-year-old actor who turned to standup after being typecast as cabbies and terrorists.
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