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Kehillat Israel in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters battled blazes on either side. (Louis Keene/Forward)
Posted inNorthern California

Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Firefighters respond to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2024. (CAL FIRE/Flickr)
Posted inCalifornia

As L.A. fires burn, Northern California Jews fundraise for victims 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 9, 2025January 13, 2025
a metal gate with metal Stars of David stands amid rubble of a burned down building
Posted inCalifornia

‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races L.A. wildfire to rescue its past and future

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen January 9, 2025January 10, 2025
a sign in a parking lot reads "RESERVED AT ALL TIMES FOR RABBI" as a synagogue building burns in the background
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 9, 2025January 10, 2025
a colonnaded building with a large parking lot is engulfed in flame
Posted inCalifornia

At least one synagogue destroyed as unprecedented wildfires rip through Los Angeles

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 8, 2025January 10, 2025
Pro-Palestinian students at UCLA campus set up an encampment in support of Gaza, May 1, 2024. (Grace Yoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Department of Education resolves Title VI antisemitism complaints against 5 UC campuses and University of Cincinnati

by Andrew Lapin December 20, 2024December 20, 2024
Two people hold up a large sign that says "Hands off our students, hands off Palestine"
Posted inBay Area

Can law students face trouble for protesting Israel? The California bar says maybe

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
Left to Right: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Rep. Laura Friedman, California Sen. Adam Schiff, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, Virginia Rep. Eugene Vindman and Ohio Rep. Max Miller. (Collage by Grace Yagel/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

What’s ahead for the 34 Jewish members of the next Congress

by Ron Kampeas December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
A man in a black suit and black hat seen from behind as he walks down the sidewalk
Posted inUncategorized

How a Jewish neighborhood in liberal Los Angeles became a stronghold for Trump

Louis Keene by Louis Keene December 10, 2024
House impeachment manager Adam Schiff walks toward the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol for the trial of President Donald Trump, Feb. 5, 2020. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Adam Schiff is sworn into Senate on edition of Maimonides’ Jewish legal code printed in 1490

by Ron Kampeas December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

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