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West Coast Happenings

The Miracle Of The West Valley Eruv

By Jeanne Litvin

Enter Alon and Rosana Miller, pillars of the West Valley Community for over 30 years and philanthropists who are known far and wide for their sincere, heartfelt generosity.

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Los Angeles’s Joshua Nagel Awarded Undergraduate Research Grant From Psychology Honor Society

By Jeanne Litvin

“I definitely owe most of my success so far to Dr. Jenny Isaacs of the Yeshiva College Psychology Department,” said Nagel.

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LA Acknowledges Hungary Program To Refurbish Synagogues And Cemeteries

By Jeanne Litvin

The president advised during the meeting that Hungary has committed over eight million dollars to the refurbishing of synagogues and cemeteries.

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Jewish Community Day At Dodger Stadium

By Jeanne Litvin

As all this was happening, three Jewish representatives of the U.S. armed forces were honored and saluted the flag as the National Anthem was sung.

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Meira Academy’s First Graduation

By Jeanne Litvin

Though each member of Meira Academy's 2015 graduating class was accepted to a university, all of the girls have chosen to spend a gap year in Israel to attend seminary before they head to college.

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Rabbi Dr. David Jacobson Appointed Director of College Affairs For Touro College Los Angeles

By Jeanne Litvin

A dedicated scholar, educator and mother, Dr. Lowy was the guiding light of TCLA since its inception and the entire Touro community mourns her passing.

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You Can Now Get A Kosher Dog At Dodger Stadium

By Jeanne Litvin

On Tuesday, July 28, the first kosher food stand ever at Dodger Stadium opened. The stand is owned by Jeff Rohatiner, owner of Jeff’s Gourmet located on Pico Blvd. Jeff’s Kosher Hot Dog stand, located at the grill adjacent to Tommy Lasorda’s Trattoria in the right-field plaza, will offer a kosher hot dog and a […]

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Jewish Healthcare Support For The L.A. Community

By Jeanne Litvin

Her passion for helping those less fortunate made her perfect for the position.

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Western Kosher On The Late Late Show

By Jeanne Litvin

We couldn’t help noticing that the first transaction that took place when he came into the store included a customer buying The Jewish Press.

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San Diego Student Invited To ELI Talks

By Jeanne Litvin

Tal Dimenstein has been selected to present her ELI Talk about Appreciation during this year’s conference in Chicago.

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The Jewish & Hungarian Communities Breakfast For Carolyn Ramsay, Candidate For L.A. City Council

By Jeanne Litvin

Ramsay, daughter of famed football coach Jack Ramsay, has served the City of Los Angeles for the past 15 years.

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Harkham Hillel Educator Recognized as Apple 2015 Distinguished Educator (ADE)

By Jeanne Litvin

Rabbi Cohen is amongst an elite group of educators worldwide, collaborating with Apple on global education initiatives and embracing new opportunities to bring the freshest, most innovative ideas to students everywhere.

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Yom HaShoah At Young Israel Of Beverly Hills

By Jeanne Litvin

Rabbi Pinni Dunner and Holocaust survivor Heddy Orden.

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Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Expands With New Youth Center For Seattle NCSY

By Jeanne Litvin

Recently, due to age and wear, programming and NCSY events were moved into portable units outside the youth building.

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A Voice For A New Generation

By Jeanne Litvin

Pachter decided that bringing positive energy into the world is more important than any fears or personal obstacles.

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Jewish Community Mourns Loss Of Dr. Esther Rose Lowy

By Jeanne Litvin

Dr. Lowy believed passionately in higher education for both men and women and would stop at nothing to assist young students in achieving their educational goals.

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L.A. Rabbis Meet With Hungarian Delegation

By Jeanne Litvin

The participants discussed the rich Jewish-Hungarian heritage, including that two-thirds of the fourteen Hungarian Nobel Prize winners have Jewish origin.

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Bais Toras Menachem Continues Successful ORT College Partnership

By Jeanne Litvin

Bais Toras Menachem is proud to welcome its new staff member, Yaakov Mark, who will be the Administrator as well as Ort College and GED class coordinator.

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Rabbi Sufrin Wins The Covenant Award

By Jeanne Litvin

Lester Crown, a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982 and founder of the prestigious Covenant Foundation, took the stage in Washington, D.C. before a room of high-powered dignitaries, philanthropists, and innovators.

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OJCB Shakes Lulav And Esrog With Prisoners

By Jeanne Litvin

Chaplain Winkler along with the other OJCB chaplains work tirelessly on a daily basis to ensure that all of the Jewish prisoners religious needs are met.

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Mazel Tov Commissioner

By Jeanne Litvin

Over 350 people celebrated the engagement of Fire Commissioner Andrew Friedman and his fiancé, Chanie Herskovic, at their Hancock Park home Sunday.

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A Message From The LAPD About Hate Crimes

By Jeanne Litvin

Why is it so important to report a hate crime or hate incident?

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Northern California Girls School Sees Growth

By Jeanne Litvin

Nurturing students toward a bright future in the Jewish community, the school supports them in all aspects of personal growth: intellectually, spiritually, socially, and creatively.

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Arizona Chabad Rabbis Commemorate The Rebbe’s 20th Yahrzeit

By Jeanne Litvin

Chabad of Arizona centers recently hosted an evening of remembrance to mark the 20th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

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L.A. Family Donates Tzitzis To IDF

By Jeanne Litvin

The Feigen family of Los Angeles bequeathed the tzitziot worn by the Israel Defense Forces soldiers.

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The Kaplans: A Decade Of Accomplishment At UCLA

By Jeanne Litvin

Beginning with those Shabbat and holiday meals, the couple gradually expanded into other programming, including a dizzying array of lectures and activities for campus students.

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TCLA Graduation Highlights

By Jeanne Litvin

“You Touro graduates are automatically soldiers in [Israel’s] struggle, and we count on you,” Rothstein told the graduates.

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Rabbi Lau And Kareem

By Jeanne Litvin

That rescued little boy is Israel’s former chief rabbi, Israel Meir Lau, now chief rabbi of Tel Aviv.

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Bais Naftoli Anniversary Breakfast

By Jeanne Litvin

An SRO crowd recently celebrated the 22nd Anniversary Breakfast of Congregation Bais Naftoli, honoring Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell and community leader and philanthropist Ira Frankel.

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Etta Israel Enhances Special-Needs Programs

By Jeanne Litvin

Called Therap, the software is a leader in intellectual and developmental disabilities health recordkeeping through electronic means.

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Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Head Honored

By Jeanne Litvin

Rabbi Sufrin is the first identifiable Orthodox head of school to win this accolade.

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Yom HaShoah Program At Soille Hebrew Day School

By Jeanne Litvin

Headmaster Rabbi Simcha Weiser cited the recent anti-Semitic shooting in Overland Park as an example of how important it is that we shape our daily lives and attitudes around the significance of our Jewishness.

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Etta Israel Helping Disabled Adults

By Jeanne Litvin

The plan’s goal is to provide supportive housing to 200 individuals with disabilities by the year 2020.

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Torah Blossoms In Las Vegas Desert

By Jeanne Litvin

Despite being one of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the U.S. – the estimated Jewish population is 70-80,000 – Las Vegas has long been overlooked by much of the Torah world.

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Agunah Protest At Las Vegas Wedding

By Jeanne Litvin

Los Angeles-born Meir Kin, despite his refusal to grant his wife, Lonna (Presser) Kin, a get, married another woman in Las Vegas last month.

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YAYOE Boys’ Choir Performs

By Jeanne Litvin

Following their musical performance, choir members distributed hamantaschen to and mingled with the residents, thereby strengthening the connection between the generations.

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Rav Chaim Halpern In L.A. Yeshiva Visit

By Jeanne Litvin

HaGaon HaRav Chaim Halpern, rosh yeshiva of Ohr Joseph in Novardok, France, visited Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr Eliyahu in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.

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ETTA’s Expansion

By Jeanne Litvin

ETTA’s 20th Annual Gala, held recently at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, attracted more than 400 members of the Los Angeles community in support of ETTA’s work on behalf of Jewish adults with special needs.

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NCSY Honor Society To Celebrate Legacy Of Anne Samson

By Jeanne Litvin

The Ben Zakkai Honor Society’s NCSY National Scholarship Dinner on Sunday evening, January 26 in New York will celebrate the legacy of Anne Samson, a”h, of Beverly Hills, who was tragically taken from family, friends and the Jewish community she served so well in a horrific August automobile accident in Los Angeles.

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West Coast Student Essay Contest

By Jeanne Litvin

The Milken Family Foundation and the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) partnered in sponsoring the recent Jewish Educator Awards Student Essay Contest for middle and high-school students from BJE-affiliated schools.

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OJCB Chanukah Visit With Inmates

By Jeanne Litvin

The Orthodox Jewish Chaplaincy Board (OJCB) of Southern California conducted Chanukah candle-lighting services with Jewish inmates at Men’s Central Jail (MCJ), Twin Towers Correctional Facilities (TTCF) and Pitches Detention Center (PDC) during this past Chanukah.

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Kashrus In Hawaii

By Jeanne Litvin

In yet another sign of how popular kosher products have become, a symposium on kosher food production and certification recently took place in what may seem a most unlikely location: Hawaii.

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Friedman Appointed Commissioner

By Jeanne Litvin

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has appointed attorney Andrew Friedman to the Commission on Local Government Services. L.A. County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich presented the motion of appointment.

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