Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Synagogues gear services to young professionals
By Ryan Torok
Young professional groups are hoping to draw 20- and 30-something Jews to shul during Rosh Hashanah with offerings that include a game show-style. . .
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Survey indicates Jewish singing spurs Jewish engagement
by Sue Fishkoff, JTA
In 2006, Lara Torgovnik, 21, started college at New York University as a vocal performance major.. . .
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Ask the expert: High Holy Days tickets
By JewishJournal.com
My wife and I decided not to buy High Holy Days tickets this year because they’re so expensive. What can we do to mark the holidays at home on our. . .
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Synagogues seek ways to keep, draw members in time of recession
by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie, Contributing Writer
Since the recession began two years ago, cutting back has become a way of life. And with the cost of belonging to a synagogue seemingly higher than. . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Economy forces tough dues decisions for congregants, synagogues.
By Anita K. Kantrowitz
With Rosh Hashanah 5770 fast approaching, the synagogue membership renewal season is in full swing. Throughout the summer months, billing statements. . .
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Economic turmoil puts pressure on Jewish community
By Brad A. Greenberg
The food pantry would not open for another 40 minutes, but already about a dozen people were waiting in the parking lot, many holding umbrellas to. . .
Thursday, August 30, 2007
‘Praying without paying’ becomes more common
By Sue Fishkoff
As summer draws to a close, tens of thousands of unaffiliated American Jews begin the yearly hunt for affordable Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. . .
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Nessah reaches out to young Iranian professionals
By Karmel Melamed
Nessah made history five years ago when it became the first Iranian synagogue in the world to embrace congregational membership.. . .
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Shopping for back to shul
By Derek Schlom
Success in finding the perfect shul in Los Angeles for you and your family too often seems just one more visit away.. . .
Thursday, August 31, 2006
How to Be Jewish 101
By Sue Fishkoff
There are more than 3,000 synagogues in America. Why do some of them struggle week after week to make a minyan, while others are bustling with. . .
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Lay Leaders Keep Synagogues Going
By Sue Fishkoff
During the week, Dr. David Kolinsky practices family medicine in Pacific Grove, a sleepy Northern California coastal town. But on Saturday mornings. . .
Thursday, September 8, 2005
New Year Rings in New Role for Rabbi
By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Rabbi Toba August likes to accentuate the positive, and the new year is no exception.
"Too often for the High Holidays, we're told about our. . .
Thursday, September 8, 2005
A Case for Pasadena
By Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
Most people are surprised, even flabbergasted, to learn that there is a sizeable Jewish community in Pasadena, one that has been here for well over a. . .
Thursday, September 8, 2005
A Provocative Talk Among ‘We Jews’
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
s modern Judaism facing an identity crisis? One would think so from reading "We Jews: Who Are We and What Should We Do?" by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.. . .
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Rural Shuls Make Do Without Rabbis
By Sue Fishkoff
There's been a Jewish community in Muskogee, Okla., since 1867, when furrier Joseph Sonderheim opened his import-export business.
In 1916 the first. . .
Thursday, September 2, 2004
Membership Briefs
Membership Briefs. . .
Thursday, September 21, 2000
No Kidding
By Naomi Pfefferman
On the evening of Sept. 29, the line will start early at The Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. About 500 people will wait. . .
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Congregational Directory
The listings below are for Jewish congregations within the geographic area of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Congregations in areas. . .
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Reaching Out
By Adam Wills
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein is talking about kabbalistic teachings with such passion that he pitches forward in his chair, but just as quickly settles. . .
Thursday, September 14, 2000
Spiritual Transformation
By Julie Wiener
Derided as too touchy-feely for some tastes, programs like "spiritual journey" are promoted by their advocates as a way to keep Jews interested and. . .
Thursday, September 14, 2000
Voluntary Dues
By Julie Wiener
Four years ago the Reform temple did something that is standard marketing in the for-profit world, but unusual for a Jewish organization: It offered. . .
Thursday, September 14, 2000
Holiday Spirit All Year Long
By Michael Aushenker
As 5760 pulls out of the station and the bright lights of the oncoming 5761 approach the platform, here are some opportunities to explore your sense. . .
Thursday, September 14, 2000
When Price Is an Obstacle
By Adam Wills
Jeanine Ho, 28, sits near her dining room window and adjusts the stroller's visor so her baby doesn't get too much sun. She rubs the stomach of. . .
Thursday, September 14, 2000
Congregational Directory
Jewish congregation listings.. . .
