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Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles, California. (Google Streetview)
April 30, 2026, 12:15 pm
Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime
The attack outside of Adas Torah synagogue comes two years after two Jewish men were shot outside their synagogues in Los Angeles.
By Grace Gilson
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)
January 13, 2026, 4:31 pm
LA real estate investor gives Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers
The 16-story Pico-Robertson tower will become a global hub for Jewish worship, education and social services.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
FBI logo (Credit: Dzelat/Shutterstock)
December 15, 2025, 2:49 pm
FBI arrests five in pro-Palestinian plot to bomb LA, New Orleans on New Year’s Eve
"They had everything they needed to make an operational bomb," the U.S. Justice Department said.
By Andrew Bernard and JNS Staff
The Audrey Irmas Pavilion, left, an event space for the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, center in background, is photographed on Jan. 7, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
December 4, 2025, 9:27 am
2 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest disrupts event on LA synagogue campus
Mayor Karen Bass denounced the protest at Wilshire Boulevard Temple as “abhorrent” and said it was antisemitic.
By Philissa Cramer
Antisemitic vandalism at the national headquarters of the Israeli-American Council in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2025. (Credit: Courtesy of IAC)
August 12, 2025, 10:05 am
Israeli-American Council headquarters in L.A. vandalized with swastikas
Tamar Nissim, Los Angeles regional director for the nonprofit, said some staffers didn’t show up to work, because they were afraid.
By Aaron Bandler
"Love LA" (Copyright, Burton Morris)
January 27, 2025, 10:34 am
Burton Morris unveils heart-themed art to aid LA’s fire recovery efforts
All proceeds from the sale of the prints go to the Los Angeles Fire Department and Wilshire Boulevard Temple Wildfire Relief Fund to support fire victims and first responders.
By Deborah Weisberg
Police crime scene tape. (Credit: Kat Wilcox/Pexels)
November 6, 2024, 1:51 pm
‘Something we can fix,’ store manager says, after windows of LA Jewish businesses smashed
“So far, we know of several businesses impacted, many of which are Jewish-owned,” the regional ADL director said.
By David Swindle
Los Angeles City Hall (Photo by Michael J Fromholtz, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
June 24, 2024, 1:46 pm
Los Angeles mayor failed to protect Jews amid ‘pogrom’ at shul, critics say
"Pro-Hamas and Hezbollah extremists violently attacked American Jews in Los Angeles and the politicians ordered the police to do nothing to defend them." — Mark Dubowitz
By JNS Staff
A view of the topographical map inside the "Hollywoodland" exhibit. (Josh White, JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation)
June 14, 2024, 12:08 pm
LA’s Academy Museum to revise exhibit on Jewish founders after criticism from Jewish Hollywood figures
The exhibit drew fire for portraying some of the Jewish founders of Hollywood in a negative light.
By Jacob Gurvis
LAPD officers get between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists outside The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. The museum held a private screening of footage documenting the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7th. Supporters of Palestine protested across the street outside. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
November 10, 2023, 12:31 pm
Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage
Anti-Israel protestors called the film "propaganda"
By Andrew Lapin
An image of the incident where a man was allegedly struck in the head with a megaphone. (Screenshot)
November 7, 2023, 9:50 am
Jewish man dies after being struck by pro-Palestinian protester
The altercation occurred at a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday that assembles weekly in Westlake Village in the Los Angeles area.
By Ben Sales
The Community Security Initiative of Los Angeles monitors threats against the Jewish community and provides safety training to Jews and Jewish institutions.(Courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
August 16, 2023, 11:29 am
Jewish security group says it tipped off FBI about neo-Nazi who wanted to kill Jews
“The potential danger to the community cannot be overstated.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Storefronts in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 15, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
February 17, 2023, 8:04 am
Man arrested in connection with 2 shootings outside Los Angeles synagogues
Suspect has ‘history of animus toward the Jewish community’
By Ben Sales
Pictures of the Goyim Defense League banners supporting Kanye West's comments about Jews went viral after they were captured in Los Angeles, Oct. 22, 2022. (Screenshot from Twitter)
October 23, 2022, 9:50 pm
‘Kanye was right about the Jews,’ antisemitic group says on L.A. highway banner
As for his contract with Adidas, West bragged last week :"I can literally say antisemitic s— and they cannot drop me."
By Philissa Cramer
People protest at Los Angeles City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 after council members were recorded making racist comments. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
October 13, 2022, 3:20 pm
Los Angeles council member made racist comments and discussed Jews disparagingly
She is recorded saying, "“Judíos cut their deal with South L.A. They are gonna screw everybody else.”
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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