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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
Comic books are displayed in Gene Yang's home on April 1, 2025, in San Jose, California (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
April 18, 2025, 7:59 pm
As Superman turns 87, scholars reflect on hero’s religious undertones
The Man of Steel, dreamed up by Jewish teens in the 1930s, still inspires a unique reverence around the world that seems to border on the transcendent
By DEEPA BHARATH and BOB SMIETANA
Congregants of the 104-year-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, which burned down in the Eaton fire, gather at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, California on April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
April 10, 2025, 6:18 pm
Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in LA wildfires
As displaced communities reflect on costs of disaster before Seder, director of 104-year old synagogue wrecked by fire says congregants, too, are wandering in the desert this year
By DEEPA BHARATH
Beatie Deutsch, an Orthodox Jewish runner, fourth from right, competes in a 1500-meter run in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
July 2, 2024, 6:21 pm
Facing hurdles, devout athletes want sports bodies to do more to accommodate religion
Orthodox Jewish Israeli runner Beatie Deutsch cites missing Tokyo 2020 since race fell on Shabbat rest day, as competitors of multiple religions balance faith with sport
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO and DEEPA BHARATH
In this photo taken from video released by the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia on June 24, 2024, Dagestan Gov. Sergei Melikov, center, visits the damaged Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent, Russia. (The Telegram Channel of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia via AP)
June 29, 2024, 11:15 am
Dagestani Jews determined to rebuild after deadly terror attacks in southern Russia
After destruction of 110-year-old Derbent synagogue, a center for Jewish life in the region, rabbi says local community is ‘not going to hide behind high walls and be intimidated’
By DEEPA BHARATH
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft walks the field during practice before an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, in Orchard Park, New York, January 8, 2023. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)
March 29, 2023, 9:09 am
Patriots owner Robert Kraft launches campaign to raise awareness of antisemitism
‘Stand Up to Jewish Hate’ features emotive ads intended to encourage non-Jewish Americans to speak up when they encounter hatred of Jews
By DEEPA BHARATH
Sheetal Deo and her husband, Sanmeet Deo, hold a Hindu swastika symbol in their home in Syosset, New York, November 13, 2022. (Andres Kudacki/AP)
November 28, 2022, 5:13 pm
Asian faiths try to save sacred swastika, a symbol of peace corrupted by Hitler
As Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism grow in North America, so too have calls to reclaim an emblem that for millennia has been an icon of well-being, not hate
By DEEPA BHARATH
Crime scene tape surrounds Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
July 17, 2022, 9:29 pm
Amid increase in violence, US houses of worship bolster security measures
FBI hate crime statistics show that incidents in churches, synagogues, temples and mosques increased 34.8% between 2014 and 2018
By DEEPA BHARATH and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Nate Looney poses in front of a painting at the BAR Center at the Beach, June 16, 2022, in the Venice section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
July 3, 2022, 11:32 pm
In new post, Black Jewish leader seeks to help communities become more inclusive
Nate Looney, who is working on diversity efforts at the Jewish Federations of North America, has firsthand experience of the struggles to belong faced by some Jews of color
By DEEPA BHARATH
A demonstrator holding a cross protests outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington DC, May 5, 2022. (AP/Jose Luis Magana, File)
May 9, 2022, 8:38 am
Potential overturn of Roe v. Wade divides America’s faithful on abortion
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg argues draft ruling would outlaw procedure in cases where Judaism permits, and even requires it; national polls show most Americans support abortion access
By DEEPA BHARATH and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, center, gives instructions during preparations for the celebration of Jewish Passover at the Chabad Jewish Education Center in Berlin, Germany, April 7, 2022. Rabbis and Jewish organizations are working round the clock within Ukraine, Eastern Europe and other parts of Europe to make sure that Jews who remain in Ukraine and refugees who have fled as far away as Israel are able to celebrate Passover. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
April 12, 2022, 4:32 pm
A festival of freedom, Passover takes on new meaning for Jews fleeing Ukraine
‘It’s going to be an unforgettable Passover,’ says Odesa’s Rabbi Wolff, as thousands of refugees seek to celebrate the Jewish holiday far from home
By DEEPA BHARATH
Ukrainian refugees arrive from Lviv to Przemysl train station, southeastern Poland, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
March 19, 2022, 6:36 pm
Grassroots groups feverishly work to rescue Holocaust survivors from Ukraine
Since onset of Russian invasion, a web of organizations have been helping families in the US and Israel evacuate relatives trapped in the war-torn country
By DEEPA BHARATH
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