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Saving Torah scrolls and saying prayers, Los Angeles fires leave congregants without worship spaces
Among the thousands of buildings destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires were a mosque, a synagogue, a Catholic parish and a ...
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Guide to pithy phrases and stolen Torah mystery in new books from local authors
A new installment of the Amos Parisman mysteries is out. In this book, L.A.’s “oldest and most unconventional Jewish gumshoe” Parisman has to track down the fate of a historic Torah scroll that’s been ...
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It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
After ensuring that the students were sent home safely, the next priority was the protection of the center’s two Torah scrolls, one of which had been brought over from Europe by a family after ...
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Over 30 honor Holocaust victims on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday was cold and rainy but over 30 people joined together in the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies to hold a ...
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A Torah Travels Through the Los Angeles Fires
The Torah’s journey that Shabbat had touched so many lives, offering strength at the Bar Mitzvah, solace to a community in ...
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Thomas Cochran: Let’s not forget Auschwitz-Birkenau
THE ROTH CENTER for Jewish Life in Hanover is home to a Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust and serves to warn us of the ...