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The Louis and Judith Miller Introduction to Judaism Program is an educational institute based at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California. It has, since its founding in 1986, helped students explore their Jewish roots or prepare for conversion to Judaism . [ 1 ]
Social action and adult education programs take place throughout the year. These include Sisterhood, MoTAS (Men of Temple Ahavat Shalom), weekly Torah study, adult and youth choirs, a Caring Community to assist congregants who are ill, bereaved or otherwise in need, collection of food items and other goods for deserving individuals or families ...
Initially conceived as a branch of the New York City-based Academy for Jewish Religion, it soon became independent. [1] In its first years the school was housed in a small temple in West Los Angeles, [2] later moving to the Yitzchak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA. It ordained its first three rabbis in 2003, and provided a means for ...
The B'nai B'rith Lodge on South Union Avenue in Westlake served as a hub for the Jewish community and later as the heart of the labor movement in L.A. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times)
Senior care services of Los Angeles Jewish Health include: Community-based program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE): The Brandman Centers for Senior Care provide quality medical care that promotes independence for seniors through PACE, which coordinates and provides all needed preventive, primary, acute, and long-term care services to older adults so they may live at home in their ...
A Los Angeles City Council proposal to give $1 million in security services to Jewish houses of worship, community centers and schools was amended Tuesday to bolster security at spaces of all ...
Located in Los Angeles's Cheviot Hills neighborhood, Hillcrest was founded by Samuel Newmark, Louis Issacs, Karl Triest, and Joseph Y. Baruh, and opened in 1920 as the first country club for the city's Jewish community. [1] In 1972, the Los Angeles Times referred to Hillcrest as "the leading Jewish country club in Southern California."
Hillel, which has long provided many Jewish students with a sense of community through Shabbat dinners and other gatherings at campuses around the country, has itself become a target, with pro ...