Sarah Brown
By Sarah Brown
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News The second Tree of Life shooting commemoration will bring people together in an age of separation
A global pandemic isn’t keeping the Pittsburgh Jewish community from coming together for a virtual commemoration to honor the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. The event on Oct. 27 marks two years since the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania claimed the lives of 11 people, the deadliest…
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Fast Forward Top Garcetti aide will ‘take a leave’ after sexual misconduct allegations
Rick Jacobs, a top political aide to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he will be taking a leave from his nonprofit and political engagements after a second person came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against him. “For the past 17 years, I have dedicated myself to advocacy and public service. I do not want…
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News The Jewish Journal takes a print hiatus as COVID-19 restrictions endure
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles has published a print newspaper almost every Friday for the past 34 years. But today, readers will not be able to get their hands on a fresh copy. The independent nonprofit community newspaper, with a circulation that at one time exceeded 50,000 copies, announced last week that it…
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Fast Forward ADL criticizes Trump’s non-disavowal of QAnon
During an NBC town hall on Thursday evening, President Donald Trump refused to denounce QAnon— a right-wing conspiracy theory that believes there is a secret government cabal of pedophiles. When asked point-blank by NBC News host Samantha Guthrie to disavow the group, the president dodged the question, saying he knew nothing about it. “I know…
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Breaking News Attack on rabbi outside synagogue in San Diego under investigation
San Diego police are investigating an alleged antisemitic assault on a local rabbi who reported that a teenage boy harassed and struck him on the way to synagogue. Rabbi Yonatan Halevy, 31, said he was accompanying his elderly father to services on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10, when a teen rode by them on his bike,…
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News LGBTQ leaders respond to SCOTUS attack on marriage equality
A statement penned by two Supreme Court justices has set off alarms among LGBTQ+ rights activists. The statement, signed by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, attacked and criticized Obergefell v Hodges, the 2015 landmark Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage. “Due to Obergefell,” Justice Thomas wrote, “those with sincerely held religious beliefs concerning marriage…
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Music Cantor’s new record mixes pop and prayer
On the day of the autumn equinox, which fell directly between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur this year, Los Angeles-based musician, vocalist and cantor, Daniela Gesundheit, released her newest album, “Alphabet of Wrongdoing.” “Releasing the record on the day of equal light and darkness in the middle of the high holidays… It was an opportunity…
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Fast Forward AOC pulls out of Yitzak Rabin memorial event
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has pulled out of event honoring Yitzhak Rabin, Americans for Peace Now president and chief executive officer, Hadar Susskind, confirmed to the Forward Saturday. Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian advocates reacted with outrage on social media to the New York congresswoman’s planned appearance at a the event marking the 25th anniversary of the slain…
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