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News Meet Gabbi Stein, the first Orthodox Jewish girl to earn the rank of Eagle Scout
Not long after the Boy Scouts of America started letting girls in, Gabbi Stein felt her parents nudging her to join. Their sales pitch was hardly original: Their daughter was a junior in high school. It would look good on her college applications. “At first I was like, Oh my God, this is totally not…
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Yiddish World At 93, Yakob Basner is still L.A.’s go-to Yiddish teacher
Read this article in Yiddish. Yakob Basner may be 93 years-old, but that doesn’t stop him from doing a job he loves: teaching Yiddish. Since immigrating to Southern California from the former Soviet Union in 1980, Basner has taught the mame-loshn to over 2,000 people. “If you want to understand the history of the Jewish…
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News L.A.’s Iranian Jews denounce Iran Foreign Minister Zarif’s use of derogatory word for Jews
Los Angeles-area Iranian Jewish activists are condemning Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif for his use of an antisemitic term in describing Jews during an online Farsi language interview. In the Dec. 9 program, which was posted by the Iran-based Arman Media YouTube channel, Iranian journalist Mehdi Nasiri asks Zarif various questions about the future of…
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News We can end homelessness now
Heading into 2021, Los Angeles faces two hard truths about its homeless crisis: It’s bad, and it’s going to get worse. That’s why, when the Forward brought together four experts on the subject for a Dec. 15 Zoom discussion, I just wanted to focus on solutions. We know it’s bad— what can we do, now,…
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News LAPD release photo of suspect in murder of Iranian Jewish businessman
Following last month’s violent stabbing that left a 62-year-old Iranian Jewish businessman dead in his downtown Los Angeles jewelry store, Los Angeles police have recently released photos and information about the potential suspect in the case. According to a brief LAPD report, the suspect was inside the victim’s store for approximately six minutes where he…
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News L.A. police release photo of suspect in murder of Iranian Jewish businessman
Following last month’s violent stabbing that left a 62-year-old Iranian Jewish businessman dead in his downtown Los Angeles jewelry store, Los Angeles police have recently released photos and information about the potential suspect in the case. According to a brief report from the Los Angeles police department, the suspect was inside the victim’s store for…
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Community This Hanukkah, we have to embrace both darkness and light
It has been one of most traumatic weeks in the history of our country. Celebrating and singing Hanukkah songs seems somewhat of a farce when ICUs are nearly full; mental health clinics overrun from those suffering with anxiety and suicidal ideation. This is the first time in which embracing the light has been difficult and…
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News Tiffany Haddish lends her voice to LA’s socially-distanced Hanukkah celebration
Los Angeles is getting a special gift for Hanukkah this year. Emmy-award winning actress Tiffany Haddish, along with Tom Kenny (“Spongebob Squarepants”), Mark Feuerstein (“Royal Pains”) and more, have brought to life a new Hanukkah-themed animated short, “The Broken Candle.” The film follows a Hanukkah candle box (voiced by Eugenio Derbez) that comes with a…
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