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In 1861, two weeks after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Morris Jacob Raphall, the Orthodox rabbi of B’nai Jeshurun synagogue in New York, gave a sermon proclaiming that the Hebrew Bible endorsed slavery.

In addition to Ellison paying NAI loans, RedBird executive and incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell has held meetings to familiarize himself with operations and the team.

The day the fire started, B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool in Altadena had been wrapping up the installation of fresh turf and getting ready to tour parents around their new infant center.

B’nai Simcha, which was founded in 1985, had been based at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center for 15 years.

During the pandemic, Shiri Goldsmith-Graziani — the mother of an infant and a toddler at the time — said B’nai Simcha was a “lifeline.”