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This scorched chumash, which contains the Torah and Haftarah in book form, was found in the ruins of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. It opened to a painfully relevant passage from Chapter 19 of I Kings, the Haftarah for Parashat Pinchas. (Courtesy Laurence Harris)
Posted inCalifornia

With wildfires untamed, anguished L.A. communities carry on with Jewish life

by Emma Goss January 13, 2025January 14, 2025
Hamas hands over Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 27, 2023. (Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

A hostage deal appears to be on the table again

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Joel Kaplan, named in January 2025 as Meta's president of global affairs, descend a staircase after leaving a meeting with a Republican senator in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
Peter and Zechariah Mehler, Jewish Milwaukee residents, freely admit to having torn down a pro-Palestinian mural depicting a Star of David turning into a swastika. (Courtesy)
Posted inU.S.

A rabbi and his son were arrested for vandalizing a swastika mural. Are they heroes or hooligans?

by Andrew Lapin January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
Screenshot from a livestream of a service at Kehillat Israel in December 2024.
Posted inCalifornia

A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a refuge for many who lost their homes

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Ronn Owens at the KGO studio that now bears his name. (Courtesy)
Posted inCommunity

Ronn Owens, Jewish former KGO radio host, faces health and financial challenges

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
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
a very large crowd marches together holding many Israeli flags
Posted inIsrael

Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales 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

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