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People chat slogans during a demonstration in support of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran on March 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP/Jill Connelly)
March 3, 2026, 8:33 pm
Iranian Jews in the US view war with hope, trepidation and dreams of a future visit
Director of Persian synagogue in Los Angeles says congregants praying for ‘freedom not only for the Iranian people but also the possibility of peace in the Middle East’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The 16-story building at 9911 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles that Chabad plans to convert into the Chabad Campus for Jewish Life after a $100 million gift from real estate investor Alon Abady. (Chabad.org via JTA)
January 14, 2026, 10:42 am
Investor gifts $100 million LA office tower to Chabad for massive Jewish center
Alon Abady, a real estate mogul known for selling homes to celebs, donates a 16-story building on famous Pico Blvd. to build what Chabad calls an ‘epicenter of Jewish life’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Two shoppers select items at a grocery store in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood of Los Angeles, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
July 5, 2025, 8:31 pm
End of Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of LA’s huge, mixed-faith Iranian community
Fallout of the 12-day war has come to ‘Tehrangeles,’ the largest Iranian diaspora community in the world; ‘It’s been an emotional roller coaster,’ says one local
By DEEPA BHARATH
Three individuals hold a sign reading 'Jews Against Deportations' during an interfaith vigil in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images via JTA)
June 13, 2025, 2:06 am
California ICE protests spur Jewish community leaders to call for ‘nonviolence’
As the demonstrations continue unabated amid arrests, destruction and at least one act of antisemitic vandalism, local Jews are encouraged to speak out peaceably
By Grace Gilson
An undated view of the topographical map inside the 'Hollywoodland' exhibit at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, California. (Josh White, JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation)
April 9, 2025, 9:57 am
Writer reissues 1931 novel ‘Rabbi Burns’ in response to Hollywood Jewish exhibit row
To bolster Jewish representation, Sam Wasson publishes satire based on true story of LA’s oldest synagogue after Academy Museum accused of antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
Composite image showing the approaching fires in Los Angeles' Topanga Canyon neighborhood, with rabbis Dovid Weiss (left) and Mendy Piekarski (right) of Chabad of Topanga with rescued Torah scrolls. (images courtesy Chabad of Topanga)
January 14, 2025, 1:52 am
It’s a mitzvah: LA fires activate Jewish law of saving Torah scrolls from calamity
While saving human lives is top priority according to Jewish tradition, the mandate to save Torahs is a close second, propelling congregants into still-raging fires before evacuation
By Gavriel Fiske
Television and newspaper reporters in Los Angeles interview passersby in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson following two shootings that occurred in the area in the previous two days on February 17, 2023. (Asaf Elia-Shalev)
October 2, 2024, 6:23 am
Man who shot two Jews outside LA synagogues sentenced to 35 years in prison
Jaime Tran, who pleaded guilty in June to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill, acquired guns through intermediary after he was prohibited from buying them himself
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Head of Shalhevet High School Rabbi David Block speaks at the class of 2023 graduation. (Screenshot via Vimeo/via JTA)
June 13, 2024, 7:39 pm
LA Jewish day school censors two student newspaper articles on Israel-Hamas war
Young journalists from the Shalhevet High School’s periodical made to remove issues from neighborhood shops after principal retracts stories that included anti-Israel perspectives
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Adat Ari El Rabbi Brian Schuldenfrei, left, and Executive Director Eric Nicastro, at a press conference outside the Adat Ari El synagogue, Nov. 10, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Jacob Gurvis)
November 11, 2023, 12:04 am
LA charter school ousts teachers who taught 1st graders about ‘genocide of Palestine’
School is housed in a synagogue; two teachers removed, principal placed on leave; ‘I did a lesson on the genocide in Palestine today w my first graders,’ one teacher had posted
By jacob gurvis
A classroom at a Citizens of the World school in Los Angeles is seen in a promotional video produced by the charter network. (Screenshot via JTA)
November 10, 2023, 11:54 pm
LA charter school housed at synagogue tells 1st-graders about ‘genocide of Palestine’
After Jewish students return home distressed, teachers’ social media posts surface with anti-Israel rhetoric, praise for pupil who suggested Jews ‘find somewhere else to live’
By Andrew Lapin
Los Angeles leaders cut the ribbon for the unveiling of a new mural in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. (Pictured from left to right: Ilan Davidson, President of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Robin Toma, executive director of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Supervisor Lindsey Horvath; Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky; Jeff Abrams, ADL Los Angeles regional director; Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, Temple Beth Am; Rabbi Noah Farkas, President and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Senator Ben Allen. Image courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
June 6, 2023, 10:33 am
New mural showcases Jewish diversity near site of antisemitic shootings in LA
‘The Common Thread,’ painted by Iranian-Jewish artist Cloe Hakakian outside event venue in heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood, is first of ‘Summer of Solidarity’ campaign
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Mark Borovitz kisses Harriet Rossetto. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2023, 10:10 pm
Film tracks the match made in prison that turned a convict into a rabbi on a mission
‘The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief’ tells feel-good true story of Harriet Rossetto and Mark Borovitz, who turned over a new leaf to help former convicts and addicts in LA
By Julie Masis
Television and newspaper reporters in Los Angeles interview passersby in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson following two shootings that occurred in the area in the previous two days on February 17, 2023. (Asaf Elia-Shalev)
February 18, 2023, 5:10 am
Uneasy calm in LA Jewish neighborhood after arrest of suspect in Jews’ shooting
‘I didn’t feel safe walking. It affects our lives,’ one person says after alleged hate crimes
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jeffrey Abrams, Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League, ADL Los Angeles, at podium, denounces antisemitism and hate crimes at a news conference at the US Attorney's Office Central District of California offices in Los Angeles Friday, February 17, 2023. From left, United States Attorney Martin Estrada and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
February 18, 2023, 2:33 am
Suspect in shooting of 2 Jewish men in LA faces hate crimes charges
FBI affidavit says Jaime Tran, 28, has a history of antisemitic and threatening conduct
By john antczak
Illustrative: Police investigators stand near the site of a shooting in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood on Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
February 17, 2023, 1:50 am
Suspect with antisemitic history arrested in shooting of 2 Jews in Los Angeles
Victims wounded in separate incidents in heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood; both in stable condition; LAPD to boost security around Jewish institutions
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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