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For the first time in about a decade, the rabbis at Pico-Robertson’s three main Modern Orthodox shuls all get along.
Rabbis Yosef Kanefsky and Elazar Muskin have always gotten along. Now Kalman Topp at Beth Jacob joins the mix and everything is running smoothly. Unlike his predecessor at Beth Jacob, Kalman Topp won’t be mounting raids [...]

I’m walking up Pico Blvd Shabbos morning and near Aish HaTorah on the other side of the street, I see a sign announcing that a store has closed and “moved to the internet.” It was FunkyFrum.com.
Walking East on Pico at 10:55 am, I see a well-built Filipino guy holding his arm and walking towards a [...]

Real estate values of the average Pico-Robertson home are down about 25% from the peak in 2006. Prime Beverlywood property is holding up well. Rents are under pressure. Vacancies are up even though the population hasn’t declined. Rents are down about 15% in Pico-Robertson from the 2006 peak.
People are moving into smaller places and sharing [...]

It was populated with faux yeshivas to get Orthodox Jews out of the Vietnam draft.
By 1980, there were only two Orthodox synagogues in the community — Young Israel of South Beverly Hills and Beth Jacob. There wasn’t a kosher restaurant. There was Pico Kosher Deli (under different manager) which observant people wouldn’t eat in because [...]

Rabbi Elias at Mogen David is a canny operator. He thinks things out many steps ahead of the pack. He’s skilled at anticipating underhanded behavior. He can read it from a mile away. He can out-maneuver you if he wants to.
Mogen David has a huge endowment and it can operate off the interest from its [...]

Joe emails:
I seriously find major fault with Bnai David.
The use of time and money to feed the local homeless population, which are mostly psychotics (any sane homeless person lives by the beach in Venice Santa Monica) is a waste of time and money. Yes, it is a good deed. But there are much [...]

Joe emails: You can tell the difference between Modern Orthodoxy and more Right Wing Old School Orthodoxy by looking at synagogue websites.
Bnai David Judea is this high powered modern orthodox synagogue – it has women on the board, it offers a weekly class on women’s issues (no shiur on PMS which is a real shame), [...]

Returning home from Rosh Hashanah services  around 2 pm Saturday, I spied a friend walking off in the distance.
My normal greeting to my friends these days is "Marriage Equality!"
This day I just yelled her name.
She didn’t answer.
She was walking in distinctly non-Rosh Hashanah attire — shorts and a t-shirt.
I knew her from Orthodox life. I’ve [...]

JUDEN OF LOS ANGELES – I HAVE RETURNED!  A panel of indisputably authentic torah gadols has certified that I am one of you, which means that I am now perfectly free to move in your circles, pray in your temples, and share meals with you and yours.  I look forward to seeing you all in [...]