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L.A. Holiday Info:
Candle lighting: 7:31pm Friday, 16 May 2008 Parashat Behar Saturday, 17 May 2008 Havdalah (72 min): 9:01pm Saturday, 17 May 2008 Community EventsThere are no upcoming events currently scheduled.Recent Events HDC 18-29 Young Professional ShabbatonJanuary 25, 2008 (1:30 pm) -- Chanuka Party December 4, 2007 (8:00 pm) View Full Calendar Login Form
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The story of Hacham Uriel Davidi z"sl was evertything..Rabbi, posek, dayan, mohel, chazan, baal koreh, m’sader kiddushin, and a famed lecturer. With great humility and respect for others. Rav Davidi spent all but his eleven last years in Iran. 
A group of Persian Jews have spent thousands of hours to make a collection of photographs of 
From the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tamuz until the 9th day of the following month Av is a period of national mourning for the Jewish people. Five devastating things that affected all Israel occurred on the 17th of Tamuz. 
With standing room only, last week’s “Why Marry Jewish?” event, sponsored by ten different Jewish-Persian youth organizations, was a true success. The audience was comprised of a wide array of Jews from different religious backgrounds and age groups.
The generation of Persian Jews who escaped Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution with their parents and traded a fearful existence for lives in New York and Los Angeles are now emerging in the entertainment industry. 
When watching Glenn Crocker, 33, and Jason Kotkin, 10, play a game of catch at the local park, it would be easy to mistake the two for father and son. Both participate in baseball leagues and frequently attend each other’s games.