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  • 2 weeks ago | haaretz.com | Andrew Esensten

    Andrew EsenstenLos AngelesJun 12, 2025 5:32 pm IDTJun 12, 2025 5:32 pm IDTAndrew EsenstenLos AngelesJun 12, 2025 5:32 pm IDTJun 12, 2025 5:32 pm IDTLOS ANGELES - The guests snack on papas rellenas (stuffed potato balls) and pastelitos de guayaba (guava pastries) while chatting in Spanish, Hebrew and English. They laugh, some even shed tears, during the screening of a documentary about Cuban Jews. Afterward, Sephardic musician Sarah Aroeste leads them in song – in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).

  • 1 month ago | haaretz.com | Andrew Esensten

    Andrew EsenstenLos AngelesMay 29, 2025 1:02 pm IDTMay 29, 2025 1:02 pm IDTAndrew EsenstenLos AngelesMay 29, 2025 1:02 pm IDTMay 29, 2025 1:02 pm IDTLOS ANGELES, Calif. – Before applying to cantorial school, Jenni Asher had two other careers: first as a violin teacher, then as a massage therapist specializing in treating musicians with repetitive strain injuries. NameEnter the commenter display nameBy adding a comment, I agree to this site’sTerms of useFast track approval of subscriber comments.

  • Mar 13, 2025 | haaretz.com | Andrew Esensten

    With 'The Black and Jewish Podcast,' Ashira Solomon hopes to create a space where Blacks and Jews in America can work out their differences.

  • Feb 26, 2025 | haaretz.com | Andrew Esensten

    The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center didn't have a full-time rabbi for the past year and a half. Now it lost its sanctuary. Seven weeks after their campus was reduced to rubble, congregational leaders ponder the risks of rebuilding on the same spotFeb 26, 2025 3:19 pm ISTFeb 26, 2025 3:19 pm ISTThree days after the fire that destroyed the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, Cantor Ruth Berman Harris mustered the courage to visit the site.

  • Oct 1, 2024 | jweekly.com | Andrew Esensten

    Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Something caught my eye the other day as I was driving on busy Charleston Road in Palo Alto. A splash of yellow on a red brick wall. Some Hebrew letters in black paint. I drove around the block, parked near the building and got out to take a closer look.

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Marcus Garvey, who was just pardoned by Biden, blamed Jews for his mail fraud conviction. https://t.co/MX0L0xYP44