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Category Archives: Los Angeles
The First Hasidic Rebbe To Visit Los Angeles Was The Baal HaTanya’s Grandson
I get more joy listening to these Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn lectures on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles than I get out of watching the baseball playoffs. In lecture one, the rabbi says: “I found a poster while … Continue reading
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Oy Vey and Kaboom – The Wild West
I’m loving Rabbi Einhorn’s 14-part lecture series on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles. What is his point of view? He says early on in lecture one: “In Los Angeles, it was a collaboration of multiple people, different … Continue reading
Posted in Agudath Israel, Blacks, Los Angeles, Orthodox Union, Orthodoxy, R. Shlomo Einhorn, Race
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Bling Vs Chevies
At this law office in the public sector in Los Angeles, all the blinged out black secretaries drive BMWs, Mercedes, etc, and the white lawyers drive Chevies. These black secretaries typically do very little work and get all grumpy when … Continue reading
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Why So Many Broken Traffic Lights In LA?
Daniel writes: Does anyone know why there are so many broken traffic lights throughout Los Angeles? Is it just a coincidence that this happened around Sept. 11? Did this happen in other cities in the US? Could it be a … Continue reading
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LA’s War On Drivers
LA closed Olympic Blvd to one lane in each direction (west of the 405) today, a weekday, gives no advanced notice, and whenever you see these workers, nine out of ten of them are just standing around doing nothing. Why … Continue reading
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Why Is Los Angeles Falling Apart?
Every day, Los Angeles seems more like Mexico. Every day, Los Angeles seems more like a second-world city, with large parts of it resembling the third world. Los Angeles used to be (as late as 1960) the most Anglo-Saxon big … Continue reading
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Riding The Subway In Los Angeles
From talking to people who do it regularly, I understand that riding the subway in Los Angeles is a depressing experience mainly shared with low-class Mexicans and a few blacks. As opposed to New Yorkers, Los Angelenos exhibit little concern … Continue reading
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Will Los Angelenos Trust Government Again?
From Los Angeles Magazine: “Garcetti believes that such criticisms miss the whole point of what he is doing. Far from playing “small ball,” as his critics assert, he believes he is engaged in the most wide-ranging and important of all … Continue reading
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Slate: Los Angeles Native Who Joined IDF After Birthright Israel Trip Killed in Gaza
Slate reports: The Associated Press reports this morning on the story of two Americans, 24-year-old Max Steinberg of California and 21-year-old Nissim Sean Carmeli of Texas, who were killed on Sunday in Gaza while fighting with the Israel Defense Forces … Continue reading
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Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell Headed For Victory As Los Angeles County Sheriff
I went to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s debate last night at the Jewish Community Center. I’m not up on the issues, but it seems like Paul Tanaka has been saddled by everything Lee Baca did wrong and that Jim … Continue reading
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