My son’s harrowing experience in Los Angeles and the recent fire here made the wildfire threat all too personal ...

According to Jewish tradition, we place our menorahs in the window to share publicly the light and hope of the holiday and to symbolically reenact the miracle of light. It shows a declaration of our ...

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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.

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 ...

I’ve walked the streets of LA, its history as vivid as its fires. Now, the city burns, and its dreams smoulder in the ash Joan Didion, that most perceptive observer of Los Angeles life ...

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 ...

Investigators in Los Angeles are looking into possible causes of the LA wildfires. A beachfront property destroyed by the Palisades Fire is seen along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.