Named in memory of Ira E. Yellin, attorney, developer and activist, the Community Leadership Award salutes the accomplishments of Los Angeles’ outstanding leaders from all walks of life: civic, community, business and political, who have made Los Angeles a better place for all people within which to live.
Named in memory of Ira E. Yellin, attorney, developer, activist and visionary, the Ira E. Yellin Community Leadership Award was established in 2005. The award salutes the accomplishments of Los Angeles’ outstanding leaders from all walks of life: civic, community, business and political, who have made Los Angeles a better place for all people to […]
Event Organizers: Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg Rabbi Eliezer Eidlitz
This six-session course features two sessions each from three diverse voices within the modern rabbinate: Wounds Into Wisdom: Reclaiming meaning and purpose after tragedy and trauma Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD., Jungian psychotherapist and author, is a leader in the international Jewish Renewal Movement. She will share her insights and experience living with personal tragedy and […]
Taught by Rabbi Tal Sessler, Senior Rabbi of Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, this course surveys what some of the greatest thinkers of recent times had to say about the Jewish […]
SHEPHERD is based on the award-winning and bestselling Israeli novel, “The Jewish Dog,” by Asher Kravitz. Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in WWII Berlin. He is adopted by an SS Officer who trains him to attack and round up Jews at a concentration […]
Introduction to Judaism is an engaging 18-session course for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of Jewish life through a Reform lens. Open to all, this course is meant for individuals and couples from Jewish and various faith traditions and cultural backgrounds and those who have had no religious upbringing. The course is […]
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 […]
The Federation’s Annual Festival of Lights Toy and Book Drive is in full swing- be a part of the magic of the holiday season by donating a toy or book today. We are collecting new toys and books to donate to agencies across Los Angeles that serve sick, at-risk and low-income youth. We are physically […]
Lilly Maier, author of Arthur and Lilly, tells the story of Arthur Kern, who was born in Vienna and put on a Kindertransport at age ten. Arthur was eventually able to escape to America via France, but he never saw his family again. Sixty years later, as a retired rocket engineer who resided in Los […]
