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Fast Forward He sold a house to Justin Bieber. Now this LA investor has given Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers.
The announcement comes at a moment when many Jewish institutions are under financial strain
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News ‘From a shtetl to a diaspora’: After the fire, a Palisades synagogue forges through a year in exile
One year after the Palisades fire, Kehillat Israel's congregants — and its rabbis — await their return home
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News She helped rescue the Torahs from their burning synagogue. A year later, the congregation is thriving.
One year after a wildfire destroyed its building, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is recovering without losing members — or momentum
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Opinion A year after the LA fires, the lesson is clear: Our greatest disasters are often self-inflicted
It's a lesson that the city's German Jewish exiles learned many decades ago
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News What is Elbit Systems, and why did LA synagogue protesters target it?
The Israeli company’s military work and its growing US footprint have made it a focal point for activists nationwide
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Fast Forward Two arrested as LA mayor condemns protest outside synagogue event that featured Israeli defense firm
A spokesperson for the LAPD said officers arrested one person for battery and another for vandalism
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Yiddish World Yiddishkayt LA and New Lehrhaus merge — but is it good for Yiddish?
Amid the excitement, the new partnership has aroused concerns about the future of Yiddish programming
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Fast Forward LA Holocaust museum retracts social media post that said, ‘Never again can’t only mean never again for Jews’
The museum rejected criticism that the post had been meant as a condemnation of Israel in Gaza
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