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…
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By The Wire
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…
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By Guest Blogger Sarah Gershfeld
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…
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Last Sunday, Federation volunteers participated in the sixth and final Community Service Day of 2013! Over 140 of us participated in service programs across…
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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…
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By Assemblymember Richard Bloom
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…
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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…
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On Tuesday, December 10th, just a few days prior to the anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year,…
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Los Angeles “First Daughter” Maya stole the show – and the microphone – Tuesday as her dad lit the hanukkiah in the City Hall…
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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…
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Last week, The Federation concluded its 8th Annual Festival of Lights Toy and Book Drive. In collaboration with over 25 partner organizations and hundreds…
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By Guest Blogger, Olivia Herstein
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…
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By Jay Sanderson, President & CEO
I just got back from a week in Israel, where I had the opportunity to visit and check in on many of the programs…
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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…
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By Rabbi Hal Greenwald, Guest Blogger
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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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…
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Monise Neumann, BJE; Fred Heim, Holocaust Survivor; Maya Cohen, March of the Living In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht this week,…
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On November 3, Federation volunteers participated in the fifth Community Service Day of 2013! In anticipation of Thanksgivukah (when Thanksgiving and Chanukah overlap –…
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By Steve Martini, Guest Blogger
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…
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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…
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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…
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