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President Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance unnerved Democrats across the nation, but on June 29, Vice President Kamala Harris expressed full confidence in his leadership at a campaign fundraiser in Brentwood.

A pro-Palestine demonstration in the Pico-Robertson district became violent on the morning of June 23 after counter-demonstrators yielding Israeli flags met them in front of the Adas Torah synagogue.

The delegation included remarks from Micha Koubi, a former IDF Special Forces officer who has interrogated the mastermind of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and explained how Hamas spreads its violent ideology and is supported by its Middle Eastern allies.

The trip’s working mission was a fact-finding one: to expose American leaders to the lingering devastation wrought by the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, and to brainstorm about methods to counter the rise in antisemitism here at home. 

Former President Donald Trump paid a visit to Beverly Hills on June 7 to attend a campaign fundraiser at the private residence of nursing home mogul and longtime Republican party donor Lee Samson.

Alarmed by spiking rates of antisemitism, a delegation of German police officers recently visited the Museum of Tolerance to learn cutting-edge techniques to combat the most ancient form of hate.  The delegation spent several days at the museum, which sits on the border of Beverly Hills,

Last October, Beverly Hills residents Barak Raviv and his wife, Indre, had just finished saying the Kiddush prayer for Sukkot when they began receiving alerts that Israel was under attack.  

The Women’s International Zionist Organization California, WIZO, hosted a delegation of hostages' families at the home of Gina Rapheal, Chair, WIZO California the morning of May 23 in Beverly Hills.

On the morning of April 25, students at UCLA established a “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” in the center of Royce Quad, mirroring Pro-Palestine protests taking place at universities across America.

As one of its first actions after installing a new mayor and two new members, the Beverly Hills City Council on April 16 unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Islamic Republic of Iran for its recent drone strikes against Israel and reaffirming Israel’s right to