He had left behind his grandmother’s menorah. A Holocaust survivor, Leah Kotler had been the family matriarch, and the menorah her totem. It had been a fixture of Kotler Hanukkah gatherings ...
When the ashes are cool, it will be time to help fire victims replace irreplaceable Judaica, an Angeleno writes. The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks. The tiny tefillin set.
The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks ... Down the road, I will be thinking about how we, as an LA Jewish community, can support those among us who are starting over to fill ...
(JTA) — The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks. The tiny tefillin set. The last remnants from Europe that my grandparents, all Holocaust survivors, managed to shlep to America.
Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. JTA — The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks. The tiny tefillin set. The last remnants from Europe that my ...
My son’s harrowing experience in Los Angeles and the recent fire here made the wildfire threat all too personal ...
Joshua Kotler and his family lost their home in the LA wildfires last week, but he was amazed to discover his Holocaust-surviving grandmother's menorah fully intact amid the ashes (Photo ...
It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...
Kotler received the menorah from his grandmother, Leah Kotler, a Holocaust survivor from Belarus. “It made me feel how important it is to connect with tradition and my Judaism,” he said.
A menorah display made of ice in Morristown was not vandalized in a bias-crime incident during Hanukkah, but rather mistakenly bumped, police clarified Saturday. On Tuesday, a local media outlet ...