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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Eric Garcetti

In this file photo taken on April 1, 2021 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the media in Los Angeles, California (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
July 10, 2021, 4:50 am
Biden taps LA’s Jewish mayor Garcetti as ambassador to India
A rising Democratic star, Garcetti has led America’s second-largest city since 2013, with a focus on improving transportation and sustainability
By Shaun Tandon
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a press conference at Stubhub Center in Carson, outside of Los Angeles, California, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
December 18, 2020, 11:38 pm
Garcetti takes self out of running for role in Biden administration
LA’s Jewish mayor, a co-chair of president-elect’s campaign who helped with VP selection of Kamala Harris, says he has more work to do on pandemic, police brutality in California
By Ron Kampeas
Executive Vice Mayor and Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Eric Garcetti Rick Jacobs gives a speech at the annual Bastille Day reception at La Residence de France on July 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Tasia Wells/Getty Images via JTA)
October 22, 2020, 7:51 am
Aide to LA mayor takes leave amid sexual misconduct allegations
Rick Jacobs accused by at least four men of forcibly touching, kissing them
By Josefin Dolsten
Mark Cuban at Dallas Mavericks game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Nov. 14, 2019. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images via JTA)
April 9, 2020, 1:19 am
So Bernie won’t be the first Jewish president — here are 10 people who could be
With Sanders officially out of the running, a look at politicians and influential figures who could some day make a bid for the top US job
By PHILISSA CRAMER, Gabe Friedman and Ron Kampeas
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a press conference at Stubhub Center in Carson, outside of Los Angeles, California, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
May 22, 2019, 9:03 am
Pro-Palestinians urge LA mayor to apologize for backing Jerusalem embassy move
Eric Garcetti, a Democrat, criticized by left-wing US groups after saying ‘I support the embassy being here’ while in Israeli capital
By Marcy Oster
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a press conference at Stubhub Center in Carson, outside of Los Angeles, California, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
February 27, 2019, 10:47 pm
LA baby-killing mural ‘shameful act of anti-Semitism,’ Jewish mayor says
Los Angeles event space Vortex defends artist who painted a Grim Reaper clad in Star of David-covered cloak holding a dead baby on side of its building
By Marcy Oster
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on prison reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 11, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
May 8, 2018, 4:00 pm
Pulling for a pullout: Nine things to know for May 8
As the world waits with bated breath, the few Israelis who have spoken up are hopeful Trump will announce he is walking away from the Iran nuclear deal
By Joshua Davidovich
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during a press conference at Stubhub Center in Carson, outside of Los Angeles, California, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
October 22, 2017, 8:27 pm
Jewish LA mayor takes message on road, but not eyeing White House…yet
Eric Garcetti travels to campaign for Democrats, arguing the party needs ‘new energy’ and ‘a generational moment’ to defeat Trump
By Bill Barrow
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti leaves his polling place with daughter Maya Garcetti, 5, after voting for mayor as Angelenos go to the polls on March 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)
March 8, 2017, 6:33 pm
Eric Garcetti elected to second term as LA mayor
Jewish mayor of Italian-Mexican descent wins 81 percent of vote in city with America’s second-largest Jewish community
By JTA and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a Red Line subway train in Los Angeles, California, 2008. (CC BY-SA, Wikipedia)
December 6, 2016, 9:53 am
Security boosted on LA transit stations following threat
FBI says it was alerted of possible attack on city’s Universal City metro stop by unidentified foreign government
By AFP
People take part in a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in front of Trump Tower in New York on November 10, 2016. (AFP/Kena Betancur)
November 11, 2016, 4:14 am
Thousands across US march against Trump for second day
Holding placards reading ‘Dump Trump’ and chanting ‘Not Our President,’ protesters take to streets; president-elect goes on Twitter to blame media
By Agencies
March 28, 2016, 4:09 am
The 25 most influential people on ‘Jewish Twitter’
From politicians to journalists, activists to rabbis, JTA unveils its latest list of social media mavens
By Gabe Friedman
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at the city's annual Fourth of July march, 2014. (Courtesy)
October 6, 2014, 5:35 am
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti studies Talmud ‘to connect with ethics’
Affectionately called the ‘kosher burrito,’ the multi-cultural Jewish-Mexican-American plans to visit Israel soon
By Kelly Hartog
Office of Los Angeles City Council. Caption: LA City Councilmember Bob Blumenfeld addresses Los Angeles City Council chambers. (courtesy)
August 7, 2014, 11:58 pm
LA leaders hold moment of silence in solidarity with Israel
Mayor Garcetti says he stands by Israel’s ‘right to meet its obligation to protect its citizens’
By Kelly Hartog
US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin/File)
November 26, 2013, 12:11 pm
Obama touts Iran deal as ‘right move, good for Israel’
‘This is not politics. These are not games, and the stakes are extraordinarily high,’ president tells Democratic leaders
By Spencer Ho
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