Making an Impact at JPAC
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is proud of its partnership with the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC). This year, we brought…
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Engaging in our Community
Fighting Antisemitism and Hate in Los Angeles
Since last weekend, when Jews were preparing to gather for Sukkot, we have been tracking a series of racist and antisemitic incidents in and around…
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Voices from our Community
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles serves the Jewish community based on the core value of Klal Yisrael, Jewish peoplehood. The Federation strives every…
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Rachel Rumstein Serves The Moment Through Arts for LA
Serving Repair the World as part of the Service Corps has been an invaluable experience for me as a student and young Jewish professional. For…
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Amanda Marks Serves The Moment Through Her Passion For Creativity
I’ve always seen the world as a canvas — not blank, but already ripe and wrought with art just waiting to be seen, admired, and listened to. Around every…
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Elianna Bernstein Tackles Food Insecurity with Serve The Moment
Before the pandemic started, I had plans to leave Los Angeles to start a teaching credential program in Baltimore, MD. By the time the fall…
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Jessie Duke Serves the Moment by Planting Her Roots at Shemesh Farms
Serve the Moment* found me at the most perfect time. Moving through severe physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual burnout meant I was coming face to face…
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Avery Salin & Gisella Farkas Break Youth Mental Health Stigma with the Help of The Julie Beren Platt Teen Innovation Grants
Avery Salin & Gisella Farkas, 11th graders at West Ranch High School and recipients of The Julie Platt Teen Innovation Grants* started the project Youth Mental Health Awareness (YMHA) to bring attention to…
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Meet Brawerman Fellow Alum Joshua Zommick
Joshua Zommick, recent UCLA Graduate with a major in Material Science Engineering and Brawerman Fellowship* recipient, shares his appreciation for the Brawerman Fellowship and how…
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Persian Sunrise, American Sunset
Since 2018, the Federation’s Y&S Nazarian Initiative has partnered with The Braid (formerly known as Jewish Women’s Theatre) to continue to elevate the voices of…
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Volunteer to Make a Difference – Serve The Moment
The pandemic has widely and disproportionately impacted L.A.’s — and the country’s — most vulnerable residents. We’re looking for amazing young adults ages 18–29 to…
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The Federation’s Nazarian Initiative Intern Yosef Nemanpour Makes an Impact
Yosef Nemanpour, current grad student studying Jewish Nonprofit Management at Hebrew Union College – Zelikow School shares his experiences, thoughts, and hopes as an intern…
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How The Jewish Federation Provided Relief During the Pandemic in 2020
As a year unlike any other comes to a close, we want to share this Jewish Journal article with you that highlights our Federation’s tireless…
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Serving The Moment at Shemesh Farms
When the pandemic first started, the Jewish community — from coast to coast — responded with Serve The Moment (STM)* to give opportunities to young adults who…
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Rojean Kashanchi Takes Us on Her Jewish Journey
Rojean Kashanchi is a Los Angeles native who works at UCLA Health as the Senior Director of International Business Development. She has her master’s degree…
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Shofar Wave: The Sound of the New Year – from the City to the Valley to the Sea
On Sunday, September 20th, from the Valley to the Westside to Pasadena and many neighborhoods in between, you could hear the sounding of a shofar…
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Daniella Kahen Interviews Her Grandfather Mehdi Bobof for NuRoots’ Roots Radio
“When Khomeini came to power, they arrested Mr. (Habib) Elghanayan who was the head of the Iranian Jews and they killed him. After this matter,…
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Meeting The Moment: Young Adults Serve Vulnerable Across Los Angeles
“During these unprecedented times, I knew I had to serve my community in any way possible, and so I decided to join Serve the Moment. Serve…
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Gracie Evans Uses Julie Beren Platt Teen Innovation Grant to Build Meaningful Connections Between Teens and Holocaust Survivors
Gracie Evans is a recipient of our Federation’s Los Angeles Jewish Teen Initiative (LAJTI) Julie Beren Platt Teen Innovation Grants. She shares her experience and…
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It is Not Enough to Never Forget
January 27, 2020, marked both the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was also a heavy day of…
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