The Board of Rabbis of Southern California serves the strategic initiatives of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles - Ensuring the Jewish Future, Caring for Jews in Need, Engaging the Community - by bringing together more than 320 rabbis representing the Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Reform and Transdenominational streams of Jewish life.

The Board promotes and enriches Jewish learning and living through programming and leadership in the areas of Community Learning, Professional Growth, Interreligious Action, Social Justice, Healing & Spirituality, Media Relations and Israel Advocacy.


As Seen Through These Eyes posterHolocaust Remembrance Day. This Friday, January 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. This week the Board of Rabbis/Jewish Federation held a screening of “As Seen Through These Eyes,” an award-winning documentary about remarkable men, women and children who fought the Nazis with artistic gifts. Read More >>

As Seen Through These Eyes posterJewish scholars, the rabbinic saying goes, should wait until age 40 to study the Zohar. This central text of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah is indeed mysterious and misunderstood. In the hands of a master teacher, it is also fun. On January 19, world-renowned scholar Melila Hellner-Eshed of the Hartman Institute led a study session on Zohar for more than 40 rabbis from across Southern California. Read More>>

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