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Louis Keene

Louis Keene

Louis Keene is a staff reporter at the Forward. He can be reached at keene@forward.com or on Twitter @thislouis.

Police remain on the scene hours after a Jewish man was shot on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2022, after leaving morning services at the Pinto Synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
Posted inCalifornia

Second Jewish man shot after leaving morning services in Los Angeles

Lauren MarkoeLouis Keene by Lauren Markoe, Louis Keene and Forward February 16, 2023
Screenshot of the title card for “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” which is based on a book of the same title by the film’s director.
Posted inU.S.

We watched the movie Kyrie Irving shared so you don’t have to

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward November 17, 2022November 21, 2022
Rick Caruso at a private event in Hancock Park on May 24. (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
Posted inCalifornia

In LA, like New York, one candidate has courted the Orthodox community. Will it lift him to victory?

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward November 8, 2022
two photos side by side; both show bearded men in black hats; goldstein, on the left, is much younger.
Posted inCalifornia

Chabad of San Diego fires Poway rabbi who refused oversight

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward September 20, 2022
During the service, Krieger wears a tallit, gold booty shorts and a couple strings of pearls — and nothing else. “It’s really hot there,” he said. (Photo/Courtesy Krieger)
Posted inReligion

Burning Man is back. Get ready for a 1,000-person Shabbat bash in the desert.

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward August 29, 2022August 29, 2022
LeBron James and Russell Westbrook in the Yeshiva University of Los Angeles gym in summer 2021. (Photo/Instagram)
Posted inSports

NBA players’ secret practice spots? L.A.’s Jewish high schools

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward August 8, 2022
Stephen Straus (right), who was killed in the July 4 shooting, with his son Jon at a family wedding. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Cynthia Straus)
Posted inObituaries

‘Like a big, big oak tree’: Remembering July 4 shooting victim Stephen Straus, 88

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park. (Photo/Forward-Google Street View)
Posted inUncategorized

Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway at a White House event in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Brendan Smialowski-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Yisroel Goldstein, who scammed Poway Chabad community, out of prison early

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward June 16, 2022June 16, 2022
Joc Pederson shows reporters the GIF he sent to a fantasy football group chat, which incensed Tommy Pham.
Posted inSports

Jewish Giant Joc Pederson gets slapped by an opposing player — over fantasy football

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

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