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Rebuilding Los Angeles Together

Because you put your values of community and strength in action, together we are helping L.A. recover. It’s hard to believe that it has been less than two months since […]
2025 AIA Cohort

Amie Baron Beeta Benjy Dr. Senem Çevik Michelle Elmer Nick Gaines Yonit Kovnator Arianna Miskin James O’Connell Allie Padilla Arturo Rajlevsky Amitai Raziel Samuel Richman Josh Sautter Julie Shapiro Ari […]
Putting the Value of Inclusion in Action

As the massive scale of the wildfire tragedy evolves, JFEDLA continues to provide vital help to our many neighbors who have suffered unimaginable loss. Concurrently, we remain committed to serving […]
Love Letters from Angelenos after the fires

The first thing I noticed as I entered the Palisades fire burn zone was the smell. Burned wood, soot and chemicals permeated the air. The after-fire scent was punctuated, however, […]
Jewish values will guide us through this crisis, as they always have

Less than a week ago, I was looking out of a 12th-story window of a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport, watching with horror as flames and smoke began to […]
Our Coordinated Response to this Historic Crisis

Our entire Los Angeles community continues to reel from the devastation of the past few days. With miles of land burned, thousands of buildings gone, and casualties rising, our wonderful […]
Wildfire Crisis Briefing

JFEDLA continues to put the value of community in action by providing resources to those in need during our webinar with local elected officials and Jewish community leaders on the […]
WATCH: Your Tremendous Impact in 2024

As the year draws to a close, I want to thank our entire Los Angeles Jewish community for your compassion, your empathy, and your love. While times continue to be […]
Appellate court ruling can make Jewish education more accessible

Short of a lottery win, there wasn’t a way for us to keep him in a Jewish day school while servicing his behavioral and emotional needs. Our oldest son had […]
The Jewish community must take action to ensure its own security – opinion

While law enforcement and political echelons generally support and work well with us, the Jewish community must take action to ensure our own security. Local and global events after the […]
Giving Thanks to Our Loving Community

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving with our families or friends. Some of us watch football, some of us watch parades, and some of us watch for sales on our favorite […]
A Reflective Time for the Jewish People

Earlier this week, JFEDLA co-hosted L.A. Remembers: October 7th at the Saban Theatre. Thousands of in-person guests, as well as thousands more online, joined 35 elected leaders and consuls general […]
A Path Out of the Darkness

Over the past several weeks, I have accompanied groups of leaders, university presidents, elected officials, and donors through the Nova Exhibition, a pop-up museum dedicated to telling the story of the […]
A Student’s Perspective on the Campus Climate

“Today, Jewish college students embody the essence of Jewish peoplehood: resilience. We are no longer the ‘future generation of leaders’; we are the present ones. We are today’s leading scholars […]
This Failure Will Not Define Us

Our hearts hurt. Our pain is real. It feels like failure. For 330 days, Hersh Goldberg-Polin languished in the dark. For 330 days, he fought back against despair and kept striving […]
Wishing Our Students and Safe and Successful School Year

Starting this week, parents across Los Angeles are sending their children back to school. Let’s be honest. For some, it’s a blessing – having kids at home all summer sounds […]
“How We Fight Back Against Antisemitism” By Rabbi Noah Farkas

The protection of Jewish life is a value we will always uphold. Our President & CEO Rabbi Noah Farkas wrote an op-ed published by the Jerusalem Post outlining a plan […]
Public Security Briefing: Protecting Our Community

One of our core Jewish values is that human life is sacred. On June 26th, the Jewish Security Alliance — our partnership with ADL Los Angeles and the Community Security […]
Security Update

Yesterday’s abhorrent violence in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles, the most densely populated Jewish area on the West Coast, is yet another example of the rising antisemitism and violence […]
A Summer of Connection

Summer is here, and it’s a time when some in our community can slow down, get away, and recharge. For some, especially our family in Israel, summer brings another season […]