Latin Jews Gather for a First-of-its-kind L.A. Film Festival
June 12, 2025
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The inaugural Latin-Jewish Film Festival brought together Jews with roots from across Latin America.
The inaugural Latin-Jewish Film Festival brought together Jews with roots from across Latin America.
Raised Christian in Southern California, Jenni Asher embraced Judaism as an adult – a path that led her to two conversions and a historic cantorial ordination.
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In the summer of 1960, Howard University students and their white Jewish allies picketed for 10 weeks outside Glen Echo Amusement Park in Montgomery County.