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Isabelle Walker Rabbi Gabriel Botnick - Credit: Belsize Square Synagogue The new rabbi at Belsize Square Synagogue has said he takes inspiration from its founders who fled Nazi oppression. Rabbi Gabriel Botnick has moved to London from Venice Beach, California, where he served at the Mishkon Synagogue. The 40-year-old joined the congregation in early April and will succeed Rabbi Stuart Altshuler at the end of June, becoming only its fifth rabbi. Belsize Square is an independent synagogue, founded by refugees fleeing Nazi oppression in Germany in 1939.  “One of my goals is to enter the ...

Fighting a Virus: Local Community Mobilizes Over Coronavirus On March 8, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a statement saying that a Los Angeles resident who attended the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., from March 1-3, tested positive for the novel coronavirus — COVID-19. Last week, two other attendees — from New York — were diagnosed with the virus. However, unlike the New York attendees who were reported to have had the virus before attending the conference, according to an email sent to parents at Gindi Ma...