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Category Archives: Synagogue
The Synagogue In America: A Short History by Marc Lee Raphael
This is a superb new book. I just picked it up at the library and I can’t put it down. It has lots of stories about Los Angeles in general and Pico-Robertson in particular. On page 95, professor Raphael writes: … Continue reading
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Tagged ashkenazic jews, marc lee raphael, milk of human kindness, reform rabbis, sephardic congregations, sephardic jews
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Dangerous Man Haunts Synagogues, Jewish Community Centers
The Jewish Journal says: “The police report says that the man “is known to frequent synagogues and Jewish Community Centers in search of charity from patrons.” Many of the people who come to shul seeking charity act like wackos. They … Continue reading
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Tagged gas blast, jewish community centers, law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officials, law enforcement sources, santa monica police
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Aish HaTorah Los Angeles
My Los Angeles synagogue guide in time for Rosh Hashanah:
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New Valley Village Shul
Joe emails: This is the new (well, it is more than a year old) quasi black hat shul in the valley for those valley-ites who wish they could be in La Brea but cannot afford the cost of a house … Continue reading
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Tagged black hat, cognitive dissonance, fart jokes, ordination of women, orthodox shul, prayer group, same sex relationships, stark contrast, village shul
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Toras HaShem Is Now Young Israel Of Valley Village
Jeff emails: Did you hear that Rabbi Zvi Block is negotiating selling his shul Toras HaShem for 1.2mil $ to Yeshivas Ner Aryeh? Joe emails: “It would be an incredible power play by the right wing in the valley. Toras … Continue reading
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Tagged aryeh, black hats, hashem, orthodox shuls, toras, yeshivas
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