What We Accomplish Together With Your Generosity
As 2013 rapidly comes to an end, it’s common to reflect on the past 12 months and think about what we’ve all accomplished. What did…
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Year: 2013
Community as Creative Cohort: Words from a PresenTenseLA Fellow
Sarah Gershfeld was recently selected as a 2013-2014 PresenTenseLA Fellow. The following is a personal account of her first group training with The Jewish Federation’s…
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Federation Volunteers Finish 2013 by Caring for our Community
Last Sunday, Federation volunteers participated in the sixth and final Community Service Day of 2013! Over 140 of us participated in service programs across the…
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The Holy Land of Havana: Our Federation’s Mission to Cuba
From December 5th-8th, 37 members of our community united as one to experience Cuban Jewish life and culture as part of our Federation’s 2013 Major…
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Strengthening our Ties with Israel
Our study tour to Israel has been marked by extreme weather, from snow in Jerusalem to freezing temperatures and gale-force wind on the Golan Heights.…
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Shabbat Dinner Traditions Get a Deliciously Modern Twist: Shabbat Out LA
On Friday, October 25, at Rosalind’s in Little Ethiopia, 20 young adults were experiencing a different kind of Shabbat dinner: after some mingling, they gathered…
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Active Shooter Response Training at Federation
On Tuesday, December 10th, just a few days prior to the anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year, our…
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Federation and City of Los Angeles Host Fifth-Annual Hanukkah Celebration Downtown
Los Angeles “First Daughter” Maya stole the show – and the microphone – Tuesday as her dad lit the hanukkiah in the City Hall Rotunda.…
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This #GivingTuesday Make Life Easier for L.A. Holocaust Survivors
Last November, something incredible happened across our nation. No, it wasn’t the mysterious month-long mustache-growing trend, though that, too, was incredible. And it wasn’t the…
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Toy and Book Drive Brightens the Holiday Season for Children Across Los Angeles
Last week, The Federation concluded its 8th Annual Festival of Lights Toy and Book Drive. In collaboration with over 25 partner organizations and hundreds of…
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Rabbi Sarah Hronsky “Introduces” Local Leaders to Jethro
What can we learn about leadership from our in-laws? If we’re Moshe Rabbeinu—Moses, our most famous biblical leader—it turns out, quite a lot. On November…
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How our Federation is leading the Jewish world
I just got back from a week in Israel, where I had the opportunity to visit and check in on many of the programs you…
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2013 NLP Graduates Ready to Lead Los Angeles
Back in January, a new class of our Federation’s New Leaders Project (NLP) participants began their yearlong leadership training by learning about Los Angeles history,…
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10TH Annual HLDP Student Awards Ceremony: Israel Fusion at the Pico Union Project
This past Sunday, the 10th Annual Holy Land Democracy Project Student Awards Ceremony took place in a church which was once was a temple –…
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TLV Talks: An Evening with Israel’s Social and Technological Innovators
By now, most people know that Israel is the “Start-Up Nation” and has a booming hi-tech industry. That’s why The Jewish Federation, the Israeli American…
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Federation Staff Commemorates Kristallnacht
Monise Neumann, BJE; Fred Heim, Holocaust Survivor; Maya Cohen, March of the Living In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht this week, the…
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Federation Volunteers Give of Themselves and Bring Light to Greater Los Angeles
On November 3, Federation volunteers participated in the fifth Community Service Day of 2013! In anticipation of Thanksgivukah (when Thanksgiving and Chanukah overlap – once…
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Third Time’s Just as Charming on Federation Men’s Mission
I couldn’t have been more proud to lead a group of 11 men from our community as we traveled together on a Federation Mission for…
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Together, We Made Los Angeles Even Brighter
Last Friday night, October 25th, thousands of community members of all ages participated in our Federation’s third annual 1,000 Shabbat Celebrations! All across Los Angeles,…
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Tour de Summer Camps – A Huge Success
Our Federation’s Tour de Summer Camps on Sunday, Oct. 27th, was an enormous success! This first-ever fundraising cycling event brought our entire community together in…
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