L.A. Jews charged in $33 million bank fraud flee to Israel Two Los Angeles Jews charged with participating in a $33 million bank fraud have fled to Israel.
Harvey Fields, longtime rabbi at L.A. temple, dies Rabbi Harvey Fields, senior rabbi at the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles for 23 years, has died.
Calif. shuts down L.A. kapparot on eve of Yom Kippur California regulators ordered two Orthodox Jewish groups in Los Angeles to stop performing the Yom Kippur ritual kapparot.