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1 week ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
In his memoir, “‘Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew of the Nile,”’ Elio Zarmati tells the story of his childhood in Egypt and the events that forced his family to leave. Against the backdrop of today’s ongoing conflicts and refugee crises in the Middle East, the book offers a deeply relevant perspective on exile, resilience and the echoes of history.
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1 week ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
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1 week ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
The Dead Sea Scrolls, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 20th century, have fascinated scholars and historians for decades. Their impact on Judaism and early Christianity continues to spark debate and intrigue. At a recent private class held at the Ronald Reagan Library, Tyler Jarvis, a lecturer from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, provided deep insights into the scrolls, their history and their profound significance.
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2 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
Ten years ago, after struggling with infertility, Gila Block co-founded Yesh Tikva, an organization that provides support to Jewish women and couples facing infertility. In honor of Yesh Tikva’s (“There is Hope,” in Hebrew), 10th annual Infertility Awareness Shabbat, Block hosted a special event at Shalhevet High School with Sivan Kobi, known to her 850K followers as Sivan’s Kitchen.
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2 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
Romi Lassally is the co-founder of Ready to Succeed (RTS), a career and personal development program that provides youth impacted by foster care and low-income, first-generation college students with the resources, relationships and opportunities they need to thrive both personally and professionally.
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
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2 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
After the Seder, sometime around midnightwhen everyone has said the grace after meals, the singing begins. People break out tunes like, “Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One)” and “Let My People Go.”For years, comedian Daniel Lobell has sung a bluesy version of the song, “Chad Gadya,” about a kid goat who gets eaten by a cat, thus setting off a chain of events that culminates in Hashem showing us that He runs the world. “I always loved ‘Chad Gadya,’” Daniel said.
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2 weeks ago | 
ejewishphilanthropy.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
The Jewish Federation Los Angeles, in collaboration with the city’s Museum of Tolerance, hosted its annual Interfaith Passover Seder on Thursday, bringing together faith leaders, first responders, civic officials and Angelenos directly impacted by the recent wildfires. This year’s Seder, held at the event, carried the theme “From Hardship to Hope: The Power of Collective Strength,” focusing on the devastating wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles.
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3 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
The Electric Lodge Theater in Venice was packed on the final day of the production, March 2, following 13 successful performances. Filling a theater in Los Angeles—a city where people typically flock to the cinema rather than live theater—is quite an accomplishment. Playwright Dennis Danziger wrote his play back in the day, after he arrived in Los Angeles in the hopes to write comic for TV, which he did for about a decade.
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4 weeks ago | 
jewishjournal.com | Ayala Or-El |Ayala Or-el
Nechama Esther Diskin had recently lost her home in the Palisades fires. As she prepared to fly to New York for the largest Jewish women’s leadership summit, she wasn’t sure how she was going to manage it. Then, one of the Chabad women she confided in reassured her, saying, “What’s the problem? Prepare a wish list and the community will cover it.”Encouraged, Diskin wrote down a list of essentials she had lost in the fire, including a suitcase, clothes, shoes and other necessities.
