The Guardians Summer Party

Copa d’Oro 217 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Come join The Guardians for our annual Summer Party on Thursday July 12 at Copa d’Oro in Santa Monica! All proceeds benefit The Guardians of the Los Angeles Jewish Home! Space is limited and priority will be given at the door to Guardians members and pre-sale tickets. Guardians Members get in FREE FREE FREE (AND […]

$20 – $25

Shabbat in the Park

Oak Canyon Community Park 5600 Holly Tree Drive, Oak Park, CA, US

Join our Community Partner, Valley Outreach Synagogue for Shabbat in the Park. Enjoy Shabbat services in the beauty of the outdoors and under the trees. Sing songs, make art, and meet new friends. Free and open to everyone! Oak Canyon Community Park 5600 Hollytree Dr, Oak Park, CA 91377 5:30 p.m. Bring your own picnic […]

Free

Torah Flora Walking Tour of LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA, United States

Biblical and Talmudic botanist Dr. Jon Greenberg will explain the significance of some familiar and unfamiliar plants in the world of the Torah, prophets, and early rabbis. $10 for adults (over age 12) in addition to admission to the Arboretum ($9 for adults; free to Arboretum members.) Reservations to jon@torahflora.org are appreciated but not necessary. […]

$10

Hedy Lamarr, Actress & Inventor: Induction into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame

American Jewish University – Familian Campus, Gindi Auditorium 15600 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA, US

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles will honor the life of prominent Austrian-born actress and inventor, Hedy Lamarr, and induct her into the Jewish-American Hall of Fame. A medal honoring Hedy Lamarr will be presented to her son, Anthony Loder, who will speak about his mother. The program will include a reading of the […]

$5

Milk & Honey, Apples & Wormwood: Lessons for the Three Weeks

Congregation Shaarei Tefila 7269 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United States

Lunch and Learn with Biblical and Talmudic botanist Dr. Jon Greenberg Enjoy a delicious kosher lunch as you learn why the phrase “land of milk and honey” was a blessing to Moses but a curse to Isaiah, the connection between a common pasture weed, the Torah’s symbol for idol worship, and a liqueur favored by […]

$5

Creative Community for Peace: 3rd Annual Summer Reception, Celebrating Leonard Berntsein

Skirball Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, US

Please join Top Entertainment Executives and Creative Community for Peace next month as we celebrate the life and music of Leonard Bernstein. Speak guest performance by Stephan Moccio, Grammy and Oscar-nominated Composer and guest speaker Howard Rosenman, Oscar Winning Producer of Call Me By Your Name.

$54.00

Art, Music & Conversation

Wende Museum

A Jewish Community Foundation event exploring two special exhibitions: Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold War Hungary, and Socialist Flower Power: Soviet Hippie Culture. The evening will feature a discussion with Justin Jampol, Ph.D., Executive Director/Founder, Wende Museum; and Laura Bialis, Director of Refusenik — a documentary chronicling the struggle of Jews to […]

Event Series Jews in American Music

Jews in American Music

Temple Menorah of Redondo Beach 1101 Camino Real, Redondo Beach, CA, US

Jews have a long history in American music, from Irving Berlin to Benny Goodman to Lesley Gore to Lenny Kravitz to the Beastie Boys (well, Mike D anyway). Come learn about Jewish contributions to the American songbook, listen to songs with Jewish themes, and enjoy everything from ragtime to rock and roll.

$15 – $18

Friendship Circle of Los Angeles Orientation

Friendship Circle 1952 S Robertson Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90034 Los Angeles, CA, US

New volunteers are required to attend an orientation seminar with a parent before beginning to work with the Friendship Circle. Orientation prepares volunteers to both interact with a child who has special needs and choose the program that’s best for them. For more information, please call: 310.280.0955

Free