What is Demagogy?
Demagogy, word derived from Greek, is a manipulative method of persuasion used to convey messages by appealing to the emotion of fear, ...
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Sermons
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One Family 1993 – Present
As of 2002 the Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, as it is now known has a congregation of well over 1000 families, second only to New Y...
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Wilshire & Warner 1975 – 1993
In 1975 the move to the Wilshire & Warner site was made albeit the temple sanctuary hadn’t been built as yet. Services were held in...
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Rabbi Ott and a search for a New Home 1959-1975
1959 was quite an eventful year for the community. This was the year they merged with the Sephardic Brotherhood known as Haim VaHessed....
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Mar
The Later Santa Barbara Avenue years 1946-1959
Following World War II there were some new innovations to the community. A choir was started under the direction of the late Norma Carm...
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1931-World War II The Early Temple Years
By 1931 La Communidad grew to a little over 125 members and the time had come for the ground- breaking of the soon-to-be-built kehila o...
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The Fledgling Years 1920-1930
In order to attract the younger generation, several elders of the Sephardic community – those mostly from Turkey proper, decided that i...
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The Formative Years 1904 – 1919
As a precursor to the history of the Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in Los Angeles, it should be noted that Sephardic Jews were in th...
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1959
Rabbi Jacob M. Ott becomes the spiritual leader of the community. He will lead for 33 years, until 1992.
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1924
Purchase of a plot of land to build the synagogue at 52nd St. and 2nd Ave in Southwest Los Angeles. However, due to financial constraints, the synagogue was never built and the land was sold.