Dear Friends -

You may have already heard that there were two shootings in our neighborhood, yesterday and today. We have been in touch with the Jewish Federation's Community Security Initiative (CSI) which is working closely with LAPD. CSI just sent out the following message based on their communications with LAPD, which we are sharing here:

There is NO known credible threat to the Los Angeles Jewish community. The Federation and CSI are aware of and in contact with our law enforcement partners regarding the shooting of two of our community members on Wednesday, February 15, and today, February 16. Although the two shootings appear to be unrelated, and the identities and motives of the suspects have not been identified, our law enforcement partners have committed to increasing patrols in and around our community.

Thankfully both victims seem to not have suffered life-threatening injuries, and we wish them a full and speedy recovery. If we hear of any additional updates, we will share them.

This is obviously a time for increased vigilance on everyone's part, even as we carry on with our normal, sacred, lives.

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, Senior Rabbi
Adynna Swarz, Executive Director
Rena Selya Cohen, President