Press & Media
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Jewish Federation Los Angeles Addresses Local Security Concerns Due to War in Israel
As the crisis unfolds overseas, local authorities address security concerns in Southern California.
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Jewish Federation Los Angeles Hosts Vigil for Israel
An El Al airline flight carrying shaken passengers arrived at Los Angeles International Airport Monday following a tense trip from war-torn Israel, with some expressing relief to be back in the United States while remaining concerned about what they left behind.
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Keeping You Safe Around The High Holidays
Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted several webinars to help prepare for the season.
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Combatting Antisemitism With Love & Jewish Wisdom
Nearly a dozen billboards carrying messages denouncing antisemitism have sprung up across Los Angeles County, with organizers hoping that their messages of love can counter the spread of hate speech.
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Combatting Antisemitism
Watch as our President & CEO Rabbi Noah Farkas speaks to CNN about combatting antisemitism
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Providing Jewish Summer Camp for Ukrainian Refugees
For camp counselor Yakiv Berin, it isn’t just another day at sleep-away camp. It’s a welcome distraction from the horrors of war he and his family fled in Ukraine.
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State Budget to Support Jewish Camps, Holocaust Initiatives
Our Federation made the news thanks to the amazing advocacy work of our Civic Engagement team! Together they helped secure funds that will go directly to help aid Jewish summer camps, strengthen security at local Jewish institutions, and more.
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The Launch of our Landmark Study of Jewish Los Angeles
The Jewish community of Los Angeles has grown in both size and diversity, the 2021 Study of Jewish LA found. Since the last comprehensive study of Jewish Angelenos in 1997, the number of Jewish households has increased by 25% to a total nearing 300,000.
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A Special NuRoots Passover Experience for Young Adults
After two years of virtual Passovers, NuRoots is going back to basics for this year’s Collective Escape.
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Our President & CEO’s Humanitarian Mission to Ukraine Border
Rabbi Noah Farkas, the President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, is part of a delegation on a humanitarian relief trip to Poland at the Ukraine border.
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Ukraine Fundraising Campaign and Border Trip
Even in Los Angeles, it’s not difficult to identify with the pain of the Ukrainian people. For Jews, the Russian invasion is all too familiar and at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, fundraising efforts to help refugees have already brought in over $1.5 million.
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Our Response to the Crisis in Ukraine
There are so many people in Southern California with loved ones in the conflict zone. Some, like Anastasia Shostak, have family in both Russia and Ukraine.
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Our Response to the Crisis in Ukraine
Several hours after Odessa awoke to explosions Thursday morning, Avraham Wolff, the city’s chief rabbi, got a call from a nearly 90-year-old Holocaust survivor. The man was so distressed he could barely speak.
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The agenda for new L.A. Federation CEO Noah Farkas: Building trust and diversity (eJewish Philanthropy)
Just six days into his new job as CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Rabbi Noah Farkas had found some time to make his office his own: Along with 30 still-packed boxes of books, the Plano, Texas, native made room for a Dallas Cowboys mini-helmet, a baseball he caught at a Dodgers…
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CSI Keeps Our Synagogues and Community Safe (Spectrum1 News)
In the last few years, Jason Dice has been to more than 180 synagogues across Los Angeles. Dice recently scoped out a congregation in Beverly Hills.
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Press Conference on Security with ADL & Law Enforcement (CBS LA)
After last weekend’s hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas, local and federal authorities held a news conference Friday morning in Los Angeles to address safety concerns for local synagogues.
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Synagogue Security in the Wake of Rising Antisemitism
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles President & CEO, Rabbi Noah Farkas speaks to BBC World News about their Community Security Initiative (CSI).