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Category Archives: Los Angeles
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Jill Leovy writes in this 2015 book: * [John] Skaggs had been a homicide detective for twenty years. In that time, he had been in a thousand living rooms like this one—each with its large TV, Afrocentric knickknacks, and imponderable … Continue reading
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The New Perry Mason
Comment: The new Perry Mason is very well done as far as sets, costumes, period details, etc. – they spent a fortune and it shows. But the plot is pure 2020. Mason has a Latina lover who is a wealthy … Continue reading
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LAT: As peaceful protests continue, LAPD budget could be cut by up to $150 million to reinvest in communities of color
LA mayor Eric Garcetti’s father Gil Garcetti let OJ Simpson get away with murder by moving the case to downtown Los Angeles. His son Eric takes a knee before the people looting the city. Now he wants to take away … Continue reading
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Violent protests in Los Angeles tear through Jewish neighborhood
From the Forward: L.A. this morning. #laprotest https://t.co/qC39IYK2QS pic.twitter.com/6se6M5Wyv3 — Johnny Kunza (@johnkunza) May 31, 2020 Hearing that an Orthodox neighborhood in LA has been hit hard by looting. "Every store destroyed. Things are on fire all over," a friend … Continue reading
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How LA’s Orthodox Jews averted the worst of the pandemic
From the Forward, May 4, 2020: According to Yossi Manela, director of Chevra Kadisha Mortuary, only three Orthodox Jews with Covid-19 on their death certificate — all men, average age 75 years old — had passed through his funeral home. … Continue reading
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Kosher stores, synagogues, vandalized and looted in ongoing LA protests
From the Jerusalem Post: A number of kosher stores and synagogues were vandalized and looted in the uptown Los Angeles neighborhood of Fairfax, between Saturday night and Sunday morning, by people protesting police brutality following the killing last week of … Continue reading
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Where Were The Police?
From the Los Angeles Times: Aaron Landy watched for hours on Saturday night as people on foot and then in cars moved up and down Melrose Avenue looting stores and setting them on fire, doing wheelies in the street and … Continue reading
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Forward: Defying the governor but heeding the President, a Los Angeles synagogue opens its doors
About 99% of synagogues in California remain closed. Louis Keene writes: Mere hours after President Donald Trump called on governors to open places of worship, calling the institutions “essential,” one Los Angeles congregation pounced on the opportunity. In defiance of … Continue reading
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Jewish Schools, Pesach Programs Not Always Rushing To Return Money
So Jews who send their children to Jewish schools typically pay $20,000 a year and more. Now that these schools have shut down and are unlikely to re-open until the fall at the earliest, they are not rushing to return … Continue reading
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LAT: L.A. libraries will stop collecting late fees for overdue books and other materials
From the LA Times: “Friday’s announcement was welcome news to Tanisha Hicks, who lives in South Los Angeles and is a frequent library patron. Hicks, who currently works at McDonald’s, recently borrowed “The Fashion Designer Survival Guide” and is planning … Continue reading
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