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It has, since its founding in 1986, helped students explore their Jewish roots or prepare for conversion to Judaism. [1] Based primarily in Los Angeles, and throughout the United States, the Miller Program is available to people of any backgrounds find a home in the Jewish community. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Los Angeles [106] Chabad of Solano County: Vacaville [107] Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center: Santa Rosa [108] Chabad of South Bay [h] Lomita [109] Chabad of South Huntington Beach: Huntington Beach [110] Chabad in South Westwood: Los Angeles [111] Chabad at Stanford: Palo Alto [112] Chabad of Stockton: Stockton [113] Chabad of Studio City ...
Angela Warnick Buchdahl, American Reform Jewish Rabbi, converted to Orthodox Judaism at age 21. She was not raised within the Buddhist faith; however, her mother is Buddhist so by Orthodox Jewish law she was not considered Jewish, but she was raised Jewish and so by Reform Jewish law she has always been Jewish.
A situation of confusion in Jewish identity in Israel was made worse when Haredi Rabbi Avraham Sherman of Israel's supreme religious court (בית הדין הרבני הגדול) called into question the validity of over 40,000 Jewish conversions when he upheld a ruling by the Ashdod Rabbinical Court to retroactively annul the conversion of a ...
Temple Israel of Hollywood is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in the United States.Founded in 1926, the congregation initially held services in the Hayakawa Mansion before the first Temple Israel building was established on Ivar Street under the leadership of Rabbi Isadore Isaacson.
Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life. The Yitzchak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life is a center for Jewish cultural, religious and spiritual education at the University of California, Los Angeles. [9] [10] [11] The Hillel has been home to the Academy since the new building was dedicated in 2002. [12]
It is the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles exclusively operating in its original location. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] In July 2023, Rabbi Alex Weisz became the Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth Israel, making him the first Gen Z rabbi serving as the spiritual leader of an American synagogue.
The synagogue was established in 1980 for the immigration of Persian Jews to Los Angeles County, shortly after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. [2] [3] It was founded by Rabbi David Shofet. [2] His father, Yedidia Shofet (1908-2005), had served as the Chief Rabbi of Iran from 1922 to 1980. [2]