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OPINION: A Letter To My Non-Jewish Friends

By: Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester County, New York Dear Friends, Please forgive me as I act so boldly as to speak for our collective Jewish community.  I am writing in the fear that you may not know what your Jewish friends are currently going through.  Surely you have heard the news of violence in Israel ...

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Common Ground – Anti-Defamation – May 09, 2022

Common Ground with Jason Downs

Host: Jason Downs and Bobby Marchesso Guests: Ariella Loewenstein and Lou Esbin Topic: Anti-Defamation Common Ground – Anti-Defamation – May 09, 2022 On this episode of Common Ground, our host Jason Downs talks with his guests Ariella Loewenstein and Lou Esbin. Jason starts off the show by talking about anti-defamation and the ADL with Lou and Ariella. Ariella happens to be ...

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Newhall Woman Chosen For Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has selected Newhall resident Erika Schwartz to represent the 38th Assembly District during the 9th annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Sacramento. On April 8th the California Assembly and the Holocaust Memorial Project will honor Holocaust survivors, the second generation, and liberators during Holocaust Memorial Week.   Erika (Hornstein) Schwartz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Nyiregyhaza in Nazi-occupied ...

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SCV Woman Is Area’s Youngest Holocaust Survivor

Santa Clarita is home to many Jewish people, and their heritage and life stories add to the cultural richness of our valley. But Newhall resident Erika Schwartz has a particularly important life story to share. Born in Hungary in 1944, Schwartz is the youngest Holocaust survivor still living in the Santa Clarita Valley. Because she was an infant, Schwartz has ...

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