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His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
Leah Kotler’s menorah was her grandon's most prized family heirloom. When his Altadena home burned in the Eaton Fire, he ...
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Who is Ari Berman, the rabbi who will deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration?
Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, will deliver the benediction at Trump's inauguration with an imam from ...
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They converted to Judaism in Colombia. Why won’t Israel let them make aliyah?
The new documentary 'Torah Tropical' shows the struggle of Latin American converts to be accepted by the broader Jewish ...
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Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas? One word: Trump
As a Gaza ceasefire deal appears imminent, it's clear that Netanyahu has prolonged the war arbitrarily — and is doing this ...
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‘Bad Yiddish’ is theme of the 2025 virtual Yiddish conference, Farbindungen
For the past four years, academics in Yiddish-related fields have been flocking to a unique online conference on topics that ...
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Alamo Drafthouse employees petition to scrap screenings of 1972 Munich film ‘September 5’
Workers at the Brooklyn location of Alamo Drafthouse are petitioning to stop screenings of 'September 5,' about the Munich ...
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‘Like the burning bush’: Rabbi’s book survives Holocaust – and the Los Angeles fire
LA fires destroyed Rabbi Levine Grater’s house, but his copy of the Warsaw Ghetto rabbi’s book "Sacred Fire" survived.
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For Bob Dylan and Lazslo Toth, Jewish reinvention has its limits
As Bob Dylan and Laszlo Tóth, Timothée Chalamet and Adrien Brody depict different, but related trajectories for Jewish ...
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British authorities chastise a Jewish charity for fundraising for an Israeli soldier
Raising funds for a soldier of a foreign military is illegal under U.K., the Charity Commission told a London Chabad center.
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2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas
( JTA) — Two synagogues in Sydney were defaced on consecutive days with swastikas and other antisemitic language.
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LA fires displaced them. But their bar mitzvahs went on.
LA fires won’t stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat but they will relocate them to generous synagogues opening their doors.
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‘Just things’ — like what my LA neighbors have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes
When the ashes are cool, it will be time to help fire victims replace irreplaceable Judaica, an Angeleno writes.