bcc Archives – Jewish Journal

BCC Celebrates Shavuot with Pride

Shawn Rodgers June 12, 2019

Jewish Veg Holds First Vegan Seder in L.A.

Aaron Bandler April 17, 2019

Connection more than skin deep

Jewish Journal January 16, 2014

Jamaican Everlyn Hunter is used to standing out in a synagogue. “I am used to being one of the few blacks in white settings, so I’m not having a new experience being black in a Jewish community necessarily,” said Hunter, a board member at Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), a Reform synagogue on West Pico Boulevard.

Clergy reflect on Proposition 8

Jewish Journal October 30, 2013

On a wall of the Autry National Center — among Los Angeles Jewish immigrant artifacts, biographies of Hollywood Jewry, above a case of kippot from Uganda — a white banner proclaims in crimson letters: “Beth Chayim Chadashim, Jewish, Gay & Lesbian & Proud.”

LGBT Jews take pride in inclusiveness

Jewish Journal June 13, 2012

Before he told members of his family, Nathan Looney told members of his synagogue, Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), that he was transitioning from female to male. He says the encouragement he received is typical for members of this Pico Boulevard congregation.

BCC Looks to Future With New Home, Programs

Ryan Torok June 1, 2011

Drivers at a red light looked on with curiosity as hundreds of congregants and supporters of Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC) poured out of the doors of a synagogue, forming a parade on the sidewalk of Pico Boulevard. Their destination: BCC’s new location, at 6090 W. Pico Blvd.