AGUDAH ACROSS AMERICA
AGUDATH ISRAEL OF CALIFORNIA
Successfully Advocated For:
Protected religious freedoms of
- parents fought bris mila ban
- religious employees strengthened rights in workplace
- religious colleges defeated bill that would have weakened protections
- patients amended physician assisted suicide bill, brain death definition
- decedents sponsored virtual autopsy bill, CT scanner for coroner
Stood up against anti-Semitism (stopped anti-Semitic play, led anti-BDS legislative effort) of
Successfully advocated for $3M + in Title I funds since 2015
Dr. Irving Lebovics with
Beinish Kaplan in Sacramento
Dr. Irving Lebovics and Assemblyman Richard Bloom
Dr. Jonathan Lucas,
LA County’s Chief Medical Examiner-
Coroner at Agudath Israel’s annual legislative breakfast
Latest News
Houses of Worship to Reopen in California
This Monday Governor Gavin Newsom released guidelines for safely reopening religious institutions in the State of California. The guidelines allow for up to 25 percent of a building’s capacity capped at 100 people. The plan also contains 12 pages of safety measures that will prevent the spread of […]
Agudah of California Mission to Sacramento
Rabbi Yisrael Gelb and Dr. Irving Lebovics leading Agudath Israel of California’s annual legislative mission to Sacramento. Community leaders from across California spent the day at the Capitol to urge officials to […]
Building on a Solid Past to Create a Vibrant Future, Agudath Israel of California Celebrates Inaugural Dinner
by Sandy Eller
The video “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Agudath Israel of California,” was presented at the Agudath Israel of California’s Inaugural Dinner
More than 225 people turned out on September 8th in support of Agudath Israel of California […]
Agudath Israel Of America Statement On San Diego Attack
Once again, a Jewish house of worship was the scene of hate-fueled bloodshed, when a man, reportedly a white supremacist, attacked those gathered for prayers at a Poway, California synagogue on the final day of Passover.
Agudath Israel extends its condolences […]