I pulled up to the one-story California style home feeling important and needed. Susan had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and wanted a Rabbi to visit and pray. What happened next made me feel very much like I do today.

My paternal great-grandparents escaped Russia with the fall of the czar. My maternal grandmother was the one member of her family they could collectively afford to help escape Hungary in 1938.

Jews respond to crises in two really remarkable ways.

This past year, our community has sadly seen the passing of many pillars of our community. On May 29th, we lost another pillar with the passing of Bobby Kronick.

In “Violins of Hope,” the musical stories and history of the Holocaust are delivered with emotion through a rich tone.

The first week of May, we read in the Torah, Kedoshim (Holiness). We are told, “You shall be holy, for I, Adonai your God, am holy.”

A collection of community comments on the impact of Jewish Long Beach's COVID-19 Relief Fund.

I have been involved in our Jewish community for many years now. I would like to share my personal reasons with you. As some of you may know, my parents are both survivors of the Holocaust.

During our current, stressful pandemic experience, many are wondering or even asking aloud: Where is God in all of this?

We are living through a moment of common narrative. Narratives bind people together.