Several houses of worship were destroyed in Pasadena and Altadena, including a mosque — Masjid Al-Taqwa. Its imam lost his house as well, said Enjy El-Kadi, digital communication manager for the ...

Rabbi Mendy Piekarski and Rabbi Dovid Weiss join Katy Tur to share their experience evacuating from the California wildfires and to discuss how they are still going to have services to help their ...

After ensuring that the students were sent home safely, the next priority was the protection of the center’s two Torah scrolls, one of which had been brought over from Europe by a family after ...

Navigating road closures to rescue Torah scrolls Berman Harris ... jams to the Pacific Coast Highway, and then ran back to save the scrolls. The fire damaged classrooms and other spaces ...

A new Torah scroll was dedicated this weekend in memory of fallen IDF soldier Major Chen Bouchris. The moving ceremony was held in the synagogue of the AMIT Yagel Yeshiva in Ashdod, in memory of ...

The ticketed event in Syosset helped Neutra’s place of worship move closer to its goal of $100,000 for the Torah scroll. The scroll, which Rabbi Joel Levenson expects to be dedicated next ...