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Fast Forward From the ashes, a forgotten mural — and a new mystery for a Pasadena synagogue
Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center congregants say it depicts Jews wandering the desert. For some, the symbolism is uncanny.
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Opinion ‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor
How do you recover when the winds of partisanship blow strong?
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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Opinion Celebrating Shabbat in Los Angeles: Amid the fires, a still, small voice
The rabbi of a congregation displaced by fire describes carving out a holy day amid trauma and anxiety.
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Opinion ‘Home is memory’: How Jews make sense of what they’ve lost in the LA fires and what remains
Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles, delivers a Shabbat sermon on this week's Torah portion, wisdom from the Warsaw Rabbi, and the meaning of home
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News LA fires displaced them. But their bar mitzvahs went on.
'This boy is actually allowing us to gather together to celebrate,' Kehillat Israel's cantor said
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Opinion What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation
A scroll from Iran bears witness to enduring Jewish community
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
For Rabbi Amy Bernstein and hundreds of her congregants, Kehillat Israel is 'the home we have left'
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Yiddish װי האָבן ייִדישע ליטעראַטן באַטראַכט איבערזעצונגען פֿון וועלט־ליטעראַטור אויף ייִדיש?How did Yiddish literary figures perceive the translating of world literature into Yiddish?
די נײַע אױסגאַבע באַטאָנט דעם בײַטראָג פֿון סאָװעטישע ייִדישע שרײַבער אין דער אַנטװיקלונג פֿון דער מאָדערנער ייִדישער קולטור.
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Fast Forward Northern Ireland’s lone, beleaguered synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors
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