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Category Archives: Los Angeles
The Young Shul
Email: “Hello, I really like your blog, especially your review of synagogues. I too am a convert to Judaism… I was wondering if you would recommend a few synagogues (preferably Conservative or Reform) with a good community and younger membership … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Synagogue
Tagged blog, conservative shul, Jews, Judaism, synagogues
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Oil In Los Angeles
I always get this funny feeling when I see oil drilling around Los Angeles. It’s right in the heart of the bloody city and it seems incongruous. There’s a big operation on Pico Blvd and Cardiff and one right by … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged assistant supt, beverly hills high school, moreno drive, oil derrick, pico boulevard, sepulveda blvd
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Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu Dies at 81
The Telegraph.co.uk ran an obituary of former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Mordechai Eliyahu: Mordechai Eliyahu, who died in Jerusalem on June 7 aged 81, was a former Chief Rabbi of Israel (“Rishon Le’Zion”) and a spiritual leader of the … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Tagged chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, dayan, Magain David Sephardim Congregation, Mordechai Eliyahu, obituary, Porat Yosef yeshiva, R. Eliahu Shalom Ezran, rishon lezion
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Why Close A Freeway After An Accident?
I was driving west on Palms Blvd around 9 a.m. and as I crossed over the 405, I saw a bunch of people looking north up the freeway. All lanes of traffic were closed about half a mile up. There’d … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged freeway, half a mile, parking spaces, policeman, waste thousands
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You Shouldn’t Read Blogs
From a Torah perspective, blogs just don’t seem kosher. I have an instinctive reaction against women as Orthodox rabbis. It just doesn’t seem right. Similarly, blogs that talk about other people, it just doesn’t seem right. That’s what the goyim … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Gossip, Los Angeles, New York, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged ghetto mentality, instinctive reaction, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, physical attributes, rate women, social mores, strange fire, torah perspective
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A Heartbreaking Story From L.A.’s Chabad Community
From today’s Los Angeles Times, Maria L. La Ganga writes: Abbie Dorn lies in a hospital bed in her parents’ home on the South Carolina coast. A halo of dark curls frames her pale face. The pump for her feeding … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged amortization schedules, cedars sinai medical, cedars sinai medical center, dark curls, orthodox jewish family, sinai medical center
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L.A.’s Budget Crisis
Dennis Prager talked on his show Friday about Los Angeles facing insolvency. “Who runs these cities?” he asked. “Not Democrats?” “Los Angeles will become insolvent. Why? Because it has been run by liberal policies for my lifetime. That’s obvious.” “The … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Los Angeles
Tagged budget crisis, Dennis Prager, liberal policies, long beach airport, tim rutten, utility officials
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7.2 Earthquake Hits Mexicali
3:40 pm. I’m lying down watching “The Raid on Entebbe” when my hovel starts shaking. I feel like I’m riding a horse. The shaking goes on for about 30 seconds, about the longest I ever remember. Report My movie — … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Personal
Tagged earthquake hits, frig, hovel, raid on entebbe, riding a horse
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Business Scandals Among LA Persian Jews
The Jewish Journal reports: Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million that had been loaned to him
Posted in Abuse, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged iranian jews, john farahi, persian jews, radio talk show, radio talk show host, talk show host
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Ponzi Schemes?
Jacob M. Schwartz ([email protected]) emails: The LMV (L— Mafia Victims) Community is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help people affected by the L— Mafia from Los Angeles, enhance their economical health and well-being through participation in a professional … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged market loans, money laundry, ponzi scheme, ponzi schemes, profit organization whose mission, tax evasion
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