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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Los Angeles

Illustrative: Police patrol as workers clean up anti-Israel graffiti at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after police evicted pro-Palestinian protesters, May 2, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
August 15, 2024, 4:07 am
UCLA criticizes ruling that pro-Palestinian protesters can’t exclude Jews from campus
US judge finds Jewish students were blocked from parts of university ‘because they refused to denounce their faith… a fact so unimaginable and so abhorrent’ to First Amendment
By Andrew Lapin
Actor Tom Cruise jumps off the roof of the Stade de France, during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, at the Stade de France, August 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool Photo via AP)
August 12, 2024, 6:12 am
Closing Paris Games, Tom Cruise rappels down stadium, receives Olympic flag for LA
Capping a successful Olympics despite initial security and other concerns, French capital passes the flame to 2028 hosts, who receive it with a cadre of Hollywood stars
By John Irish and Richard Lough
From left to right: Carmel restaurant partners Liron Hazan, Ronnie Benarie, Asaf Moaz, Yoav Schverd, in their Los Angeles, California eatery, May 2024. (Kelly Hartog)
July 5, 2024, 8:31 pm
LA’s swanky new Carmel eatery serves upscale Tel Aviv market fare, no added politics
Four friends focus on their love of the White City’s Carmel Market by bringing Angelenos gourmet spins on local classics despite anti-Israel spike after Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities
By Kelly Hartog
Supporters of Israel clash with anti-Israel protesters blocking access to the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue, in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (DAVID SWANSON / AFP)
June 28, 2024, 2:52 pm
FBI investigating violence outside LA synagogue, as mayor considers mask ban
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is Jewish, cites family history in emotional press briefing, tells reporters Justice Department will not tolerate antisemitic hate crimes
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers clash with anti-Israel protesters gathered outside the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (Photo by David Swanson/AFP)
June 25, 2024, 2:07 am
‘Antisemitic and un-American’: Biden slams anti-Israel demonstration at LA synagogue
US president leads condemnations of protest that descended into violent clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and Israel supporters in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles
By Jacob Magid and JTA
A supporter of Israel with blood on his face after clashing with pro-Palestinian protesters blocking access to the Adas Torah Orthodox synagogue, in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (DAVID SWANSON / AFP)
June 24, 2024, 8:26 am
Violent clashes erupt between pro- and anti-Israel protesters outside LA synagogue
At least one arrested, others detained after pro-Palestinian protesters apparently tried to prevent people entering Jewish house of worship to attend Israeli real estate event
By ToI Staff
Tents are pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up outside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on June 3, 2024. (Etienne Laurent/AFP)
June 4, 2024, 11:25 pm
Police swiftly clear pro-Palestinian encampment outside LA city hall
Officers take down roughly 20 tents set up Monday night, no arrests made; for second straight night, protesters clash with police at University of Pittsburgh
By AP and ToI Staff
US police are seen at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up outside Los Angeles City Hall, in this screenshot from a video posted to X on June 4, 2024. (Screenshot via X/@PplsCityCouncil)
June 4, 2024, 1:51 pm
US police respond as encampment near LA city hall likens IDF to Ku Klux Klan
Video uploaded to social media Monday night shows officers shaking tents, appearing to remove them from premises
By AP and ToI Staff
Curator Dara Jaffe, left, and Academy Museum President Jacqueline Stewart at a press viewing of the new 'Hollywoodland' exhibit, May 16, 2024. (Jacob Gurvis/ JTA)
May 19, 2024, 4:28 am
New exhibit aims to rectify LA Academy Museum’s omission of Hollywood’s Jewish origins
2.5 years in, museum’s first permanent installation on role of Jewish immigrants in founding America’s film industry is set to open Sunday after outcry at their initial exclusion
By jacob gurvis
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)
May 16, 2024, 10:17 am
Suspect to plead guilty in LA shootings that injured two Jewish men in 2023
Jaime Tran, 29, will admit to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying and discharging a firearm during a violent crime
By jacob gurvis
A worker helps raise an Oscars statue on the red carpet ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, March 9, 2024. (John Locher/AP)
March 10, 2024, 9:50 am
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists aim to disrupt Oscars with street protest
Several groups collaborating on march through Los Angeles under banner ‘No awards during a genocide!’; police to boost presence in addition to already heavy security
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner, left, president Monica Garcia, center, and executive officer Jefferson Crain listen to testimony from attendees at the school board headquarters, January 29, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
February 27, 2024, 1:01 pm
Teachers union pulls backing for LA school board hopeful who praised antisemitic book
Endorsement of Kahllid Al-Alim being re-examined despite apology for social media post in 2022 promoting tome that accused Jews of orchestrating slave trade
By jacob gurvis
Pearl Berg at 3-years-old with her parents Archiebald and Anna (Gerson) Synenberg in 1913; at right, Berg in recent years. (Gerontology Research Institute, Gerry Teitelbaum/Judy Taback)
February 7, 2024, 8:26 am
Pearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114
Local rabbi says Jewish life was a ‘priority’ for Los Angeles resident, who did philanthropic work with local Hadassah branch, volunteered at synagogue
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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
Police watch as protesters march during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP/Mark Baker)
November 8, 2023, 7:30 pm
Jewish man in Sydney ‘very lucky’ to be alive after alleged antisemitic attack
Police investigate physical assault in park where 44-year-old victim says he was surrounded and beaten by pro-Palestinian crowd
By ToI Staff
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