This week in Jewish history: Israel's first astronaut, cardioverter-defibrillator invented
All of its crew perished, including Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon. A former combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force, he ...
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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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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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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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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 ...