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News L.A. group Magen Am organizes for defense of Jews
Rabbi Yossi Eilfort wants you to understand that there are more antisemitic incidents than you think. “I hear stories all the time, like the rabbi who was walking with his pregnant wife and his son to shul and someone called them names, used profanities and tried to intimidate them,” he said. Eilfort’s story couldn’t be…
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News Suspect arrested in attack on Jews as mayor, Muslim community weigh in
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the assault on Jewish diners at Sushi Fumi restaurant in the Beverly Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles. Xavier Pabon, 30, has been booked for assault with a deadly weapon. Pabon was taken into custody at 10:15 p.m. Friday at his home in Banning, just outside Los Angeles….
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News During Gaza violence, an L.A. Muslim-Jewish group grapples with tension
(Ed. Note. This story was updated May 21.) As violence escalated in Gaza all week, the Muslim-Jewish coalition NewGround called for people “to struggle out loud, and together.” “We do not know the immediate path through this, but we are certain that until we humanize one another, there won’t be a path at all,” the…
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Community The letter some of my rabbinical students wrote shows a lack of empathy—with Jews
This is an open letter from the dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Rabbi Bradley S. Artson. It comes in response to a letter signed by scores of rabbinic and cantorial students at Ziegler and other schools, which the Forward published on May 13. Dear Hevrei,…
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Opinion What can we do to help the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Stay out of it
On Sunday night a new front opened up in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict: John Oliver’s mouth. The comedian, whose commentary segments on his “Last Week Tonight” HBO series often out-report reporters, this time slammed Israel in its week-long battle against Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza. “Multiple children have been killed this week…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian group attacks Jews outside Los Angeles restaurant
(Ed. Note: This story is being updated throughout the day.) A group of men wearing all black attacked young Jewish men outside of Sushi Fumi restaurant in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Video of the incident, which took place just outside the Japanese restaurant on 300 North La Cienega Blvd., shows a group of men wearing…
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Community A prayer for peace in Israel
God, Our hearts are breaking. Our brothers and sisters in Israel crouch in fear as sirens pierce the air and rockets from Gaza rain down from the sky. We pray that all Israelis, Jews and Arabs, will live in peace We pray for the day the riots in the streets of Israel will give way…
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News Pro-Israel demonstrators take to the streets of L.A., other cities
One day after some 200 protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles protesting against Israel’s actions in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem and Gaza, pro-Israel supporters took to the streets for their own rally. Around 300 hundred pro-Israel supporters gathered the Federal Building in West Los Angeles holding Israeli flags and signs that read, “We…
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