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4th Annual Fiesta Sukkot
3rd Annual Sukkot a Huge Success!
There was singing, dancing, and prayer at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles as more one thousand people from AJC, the Israeli community, and the Latino Pentecostal and Evangelical community joined together on October 8th to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Check out the pictures here. Read more about the event here.
This year’s celebration, organized by AJC's Assistant Director of Interreligious Affairs Randy Brown, was the culmination of this year's 'Essence of Judaism' program. The event was a filled with songs in English, Hebrew Spanish and Ladino (a combination of Spanish and Hebrew), participation by the Latino community in the Jewish rituals associated with Sukkot, and a presentation on the growing relationship between the Jewish and Latino communities. Read the press release here.
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AJC received a Cutting Edge grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for three years to fund the 'Essence of Judaism' program that brings in Spanish speaking scholars from around North America to teach Latino Pastors about Judaism. This announcement follows on the heels of the groundbreaking trip to Israel of a group of national Latino religious leaders. AJC, through its Project Interchange Program, traveled to Israel with 12 Latino pastors from across the U.S. on a 10-day tour of Israeli political, social & spiritual life, from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Sderot to the West Bank.
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Unidos For Israel
| On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 American Jewish Committee and its Latino partners, Latin University of Theology, Zion Multimedia and Hispanic Ministerial Alliance hosted a prayer vigil for Israel at Llamada Final Ministries in Downey, California. Over 1,200 attendees watched a live security briefing in Spanish from Israel by renown scholar Moshe Shaier who provide a balanced understanding of the war in Gaza. In addition, Silvio Nunez from the Israeli Consulate delivered greetings to the impassioned audience who were led in song by Cantor Ron Li-Paz chanting, “Am Yisrael Chai” |
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AJC Hosts Latino Jewish Seder
| On March 15, 2009, Rabbi Mario Rojzman and AJC Interreligious Affairs Director Randy Brown led 40 pastors and their families for the second annual Passover seder in Spanish. After the Seder, the fifth session of Essencia de Judaismo included a discussion on lifecycle events and customs in the Jewish tradition. LA OPINION. |
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Latino Pastors Receive Israeli Flag &
Learn About the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot
| On September 24, 2007, AJC hosted a unique 'flag ceremony' with the Israeli Consul General during the festival of Sukkot with over 50 Latino Pastors READ NEWS RELEASE. READ STORY. The event was a kick off for a program series with Randy Brown, Director of Interreligious Affairs, teaching 40-50 leading Latino pastors about ancient Judaism, modern Jewish philosophy and Zionism. After completing the course, the pastors will be able to speak knowledgeably about the Jewish community and Israel to their Pentecostal congregations. The program will lead to an AJC Project Interchange mission to Israel on May 26th through June 4th 2008 with leading pastors from major cities around the United States. |
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