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Beaumont Shapiro told JNS that he will help the center “express Jewish values and Jewish life in everything we do.”
With support from the city’s Jewish Federation, the measure also celebrates Israel’s 75th anniversary.
“Members of the Jewish community were the first to help us ... they realized the evil nature of the Iranian regime’s dictatorship,” said Gazelle Sharmahd, whose father faces a death sentence in Iran.
Authorities say that 28-year-old Jaime Tran intended to kill Jews as they were leaving their synagogues.
Much darker than they seem, Robert Russell’s new photorealistic paintings shed light on little-known Holocaust history.
The Jewish singer will honor Irene Gut Opdyke, who saved 12 Jews from certain death, stowing them in a Nazi commander’s basement.
Both men were leaving synagogues when a driver of a moving vehicle fired on them in separate incidents.
Authorities are still investigating if there is a connection and whether the attacks were solely motivated by antisemitism.
“The female-led uprising is the most consequential fight for human rights of our generation,” says activist Sam Yebri.
UCLA’s Aomar Boum has spent 22 years championing interfaith familiarity and amity
“This also signifies that the City of Los Angeles stands against all forms of hate and will help guide efforts to identify anti-Semitism and equip policymakers to address an alarming rise in hate,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
We need a widely accepted definition that will equip us to fight bigotry against Jews, said Roz Rothstein, CEO and co-founder of StandWithUs.
