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Community I Rescued My Synagogue’s Torah Scrolls From Los Angeles Inferno
Shortly after 5:00 am on Wednesday, December 6th, my ringing phone startled me from my sleep. “Wake up,” a member of my congregation said, “The hills are all on fire.” I quickly turned on my television and saw flames engulfing the massive hillsides framing the Sepulveda Pass, the main thoroughfare through the northwest part of…
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Fast Forward Most L.A. Jewish Institutions Resume Operations After Skirball Fire
(JTA) — Most of the Jewish institutions that had been threatened by the so-called Skirball Fire in Los Angeles have resumed normal operations. All evacuation orders, road closures and restrictions due to the fire in the Bel Air area were lifted Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The fire remained at 85 percent…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Synagogue Targeted With Anti-Semitic Vandalism
(JTA) — A Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles was targeted with a spray painted swastika and gang symbols. Temple Aliyah in the Woodland Hills neighborhood was vandalized on Monday. The Los Angeles Police Department told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal that it considers the attack a hate crime, but it has no suspects because the…
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Fast Forward L.A. Synagogue Takes In 23 Torah Scrolls From Shuls In Path Of Raging Wildfires
A Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles has taken in Torah scrolls from other Jewish institutions that are in the path of a major fire sweeping through the city. Scrolls from Leo Baeck Temple, Stephen Wise Temple, the American Jewish University, the Skirball Cultural Center and the Milken Community Schools were relocated to Valley Beth Shalom…
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Fast Forward As Urban Wildfire Approaches Fast, Los Angeles Jewish Institutions Close
(JTA) — Los Angeles-area synagogues and Jewish institutions closed in the wake of a major fire, dubbed the Skirball Fire after the Jewish cultural center that is in its path. Leo Baeck Temple, Stephen Wise Temple, American Jewish University’s Familian Campus and the Skirball Cultural Center all were closed due to the fire, the Los…
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Forward 50 2017 Alissa Thomas-Newborn
The Barrier-Breaking Female Orthodox Rabbi Alissa Thomas-Newborn grew up watching a woman lead services in synagogue: Her own mother, Didi Thomas, is the spiritual leader at Temple Emet, a Reform congregation in Torrance, California. Over the years, Thomas-Newborn became Orthodox — but found herself searching for a way to serve as a female religious leader…
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Fast Forward L.A. Mayor Garcetti Won’t Run For California Gov.—Opening Up 2020 Possibilities
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Sunday that he will not run for governor of California in 2018—thereby raising questions about whether the next campaign he wants to run is for president in 2020. “I have decided not to run for Governor of California,” Garcetti wrote on Twitter. “I am passionate about my city and…
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Fast Forward Jewelry Store Receives ‘Make America Great Again’ Anti-Semitic Hate Mail
A Jewish-owned jewelry store in Los Angeles received anti-Semitic hate mail matching the messages sent to Jewish businesses in New York. The Los Angeles Diamond Factory received a letter with a large swastika and the phrases “Make America great again,” “Christian identity is back,” and various slurs against African-Americans and gay people. “This is just…
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