Amid the anguish and anger over the Israel-Hamas war, some have found a new kind of resolve and a newfound community.
Los Angeles is home to the second-largest Jewish community in America, with more than 500,000 members. And for the last few weeks, it's been reeling. Since the ambush by Hamas militants left more than 1,400 Israelis dead and saw the kidnapping of at least 200 others, Israel has sealed off the Gaza Strip from vital resources and launched a barrage of airstrikes.
Sherman and Guzik, husband and wife, became senior rabbis about two weeks after the attack on Israel as they worked to console their congregants. Estee Chandler was a child living in Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Syria and Egypt. At the time, she worried every time her parents left their house at night.
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