Los Angeles

Los Angeles freeway blocked by Jewish protesters against Gaza war

The protesters wore black shirts reading "Not in Our Name" and held up placards demanding Israel halt military operations in Gaza.

14/12/2023

Jewish queer influencer Matthew Nouriel speaks at Los Angeles community event

"If the only time you take to the streets is to stand against the only Jewish country in the world, you're not a freedom fighter, you're not a liberal, you're just a f***ing antisemite," they say.

California police make arrest in killing of American Jew Paul Kessler

Deputies asked the public for help in what it called "an active and ongoing investigation."

LA charter school says teachers who taught students ‘genocide of Palestine’ won't return

Two teachers have been removed from the school and the principal has been placed on leave at Citizens of the World Charter School-East Valley, announced Melissa Kaplan.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
11/11/2023

Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage

Critics of Israel’s war in Gaza say the film is being used to justify ongoing bombings there that some of them say is causing a “genocide” there.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
10/11/2023

Flowers, candles and anger at LA street corner where a Jewish pro-Israel protester was killed

“When a man who’s in his 60s gets pounded in his face for standing up for Israel, every Jew needs to do something,” one Jewish father told JTA.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
08/11/2023

Elderly Jewish man dies after alleged hit from pro-Palestinian protester

A video capturing part of the event was posted to the social media platform StopAntisemitism, as well as a photo of the alleged attacker.

By KELLY HARTOG , DANIEL TROTTA/REUTERS
07/11/2023
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