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Fast Forward Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime
The attack outside of Adas Torah synagogue comes years after two Jewish men were shot outside their synagogues in Los Angeles 2023
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News He was president of his synagogue. Now he wants to be LA’s next mayor.
Adam Miller’s Judaism runs deep — but he’s been quiet about it during his campaign
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Fast Forward Matan Koch, disability advocate who urged Jewish communities to ‘let everyone in,’ dies at 44
Koch died after a short battle with stomach cancer
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News For Iranian American Jews, Trump’s talk of regime change stirs hopes of return
From Great Neck to Los Angeles, Iranian Jews in exile cautiously dream of a homecoming
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Fast Forward Conservative rabbinical school Ziegler pauses admissions, signaling broader overhaul
The LA-based seminary has begun to distance itself from the Conservative movement under new leadership
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News She’s a democratic socialist who affirmed Israel’s right to exist. Can she be LA’s next mayor?
Nithya Raman thinks she can win over the city's Jewish voters. Step one: Convince them she’s not Zohran Mamdani.
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Fast Forward Longtime dean of Ziegler School retiring as Conservative seminary plots new course
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson will continue teaching; AJU ponders 'multidenominational' future
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Fast Forward He sold a house to Justin Bieber. Now this LA investor has given Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers.
The announcement comes at a moment when many Jewish institutions are under financial strain
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