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Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles, California. (Google Streetview)
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Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime

by Grace Gilson April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

(JTA) — A Jewish man was assaulted on Monday evening behind a Los Angeles synagogue in what police say is being investigated as a hate crime. The assault, which took […]

Future Chabad building
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L.A. investor gives Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 14, 2026January 14, 2026
The Audrey Irmas Pavilion
Posted inCalifornia

2 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest disrupts event on LA synagogue campus

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 4, 2025December 4, 2025
Signs at Beverly Hills High School
Posted inEducation

Beverly Hills school board votes to fly Israeli flags in effort to combat antisemitism

by Grace Gilson August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
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

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 13, 2025January 14, 2025
Television and newspaper reporters in Los Angeles interview passersby in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson following two shootings that occurred in the area in the previous two days on Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Asaf Elia-Shalev)
Posted inCalifornia

Suspect in 2023 shootings of Jewish men in L.A.’s Pico-Robertson will plead guilty

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis May 15, 2024
Detail from Frank Stella’s "Then came a dog and bit the cat." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center)
Posted inCulture

That Passover song about the goat captivated a famous artist who wasn’t Jewish

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Inset: Jaime Tran was arrested after two shootings outside synagogues in L.A.'s heavily Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson. Background: Police on the scene after the second shooting, Feb. 16, 2023 (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
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In emails, man arrested in L.A. shootings accused Jewish classmates of creating COVID-19 pandemic

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward February 21, 2023
Left: Guy Taieb, 73, outside the Pinto Center Friday morning. Right: Taieb's wounds from Thursday morning, when he was shot walking home from services. (Photos/Forward-Louis Keene; Courtesy Taieb)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles shooting victim: ‘He was looking for Jewish people for sure’

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward February 17, 2023
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)
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Second Jewish man shot after leaving morning services in Los Angeles

Lauren MarkoeLouis Keene by Lauren Markoe, Louis Keene and Forward February 16, 2023

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