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In 1972, the California Home for the Aged was renamed Menorah Village. Four years later, the original Jewish Home for the Aged moved to a new location in the Reseda area of the San Fernando Valley. The two San Fernando Valley locations merged, becoming the Jewish Home for the Aging of greater Los Angeles and, ultimately, the Los Angeles Jewish ...
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism .
Golden Book signed by Theodor Herzl and Johann Kremenetzky. In the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.. The Jewish National Fund (JNF; Hebrew: קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael; previously הפאנד הלאומי , Ha Fund HaLeumi) is a non-profit organization [2] [3] founded in 1901 to buy land and encourage Jewish resettlement in ...
Los Angeles Jewish Home is a non-profit provider for senior healthcare services in Los Angeles, California. [1] It is also commonly known as “the Jewish Home,” or simply “the Home.” Over the past century, the organisation has mainly focused on providing their healthcare services for the seniors throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
Chabad Carmel Valley (Del Mar Jewish Center) San Diego [15] Chabad Jewish Center of Castro Valley: Castro Valley [16] Chabad of the Central Valley: Fresno [17] Chabad of Chatsworth: Los Angeles [18] Chabad of Cheviot Hills: Los Angeles [19] Chabad Jewish Center of Chico: Chico [20] Chabad of Chula Vista: Chula Vista [21] Chabad of Cole Valley ...
United Israel Appeal (UIA), a subsidiary of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), is a link between the American Jewish community and the people of Israel.An independent legal entity with 501(c)(3) charity status, and a Board of Directors, United Israel Appeal is responsible for the allocation and oversight of funds raised by United States Jewish federation campaigns on behalf of ...
Rechnitz oversees the Shlomo & Tamar Rechnitz Charitable Foundation which distributes funds to over 1,100 institutions yearly. He is known in the Los Angeles area for opening his home every Saturday night to listen to the needy and hand out charity. [19] Rechnitz donated $5 million to support the Mir Yeshiva. [20] [21]
In 1896, Theodor Herzl set out his vision of a Jewish state and homeland for the Jewish people in his book Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). [5] [6] The following year he presided over the First Zionist Congress in Basel, at which the Zionist Organization was founded. [7]