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Category Archives: Los Angeles
Jewish Briefs
Joe emails: An offer was made to mediate the Biston-Weil dispute before a beit din and that fell through. It is now scheduled for trial in September. Pacific Jewish Center in Venice is looking for a part time rabbi – … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged biston, boruch, Chabad, cunin, downstairs, intellectual superiority, jewish center, minyan, north hollywood, pulpit, rabbi, Roland Arnall, school tuition, seams, Shaarey Zedek, shabbos, sherman oaks, shul, shuls, underground parking
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Your Moral Leader’s Backdoor Guide To Los Angeles: ‘You Haven’t Done L.A. Until You’ve Done Luke Ford!’
Joe emails: Another idea related to Delice a bit: LUKEAPALOOZA, the multi-media tour of Luke Ford’s LA! Beginning with lunch at Luke’s favorite French bistro, climb into the original LUKE FORD SERIAL KILLER VAN (TM) and watch Luke’s life come … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Personal
Tagged amy alkon, celebrities, daven, establishments, ford, french restaurant, hovel, kickback, luke ford, lunch, Mickey Kaus, moral leader, no doubt, rent party, s webcam, sandra, serial killer, sympathy, tour guests, wisdom
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CBS’s LA Affiliate Cuts Staff
ERSNews reports: Well it looks like the cost cutting at CBS O&O’s around the country has just hit Los Angeles. Reports from the Viacom duopoly in Los Angeles have a round of layoffs (also known as firings back in the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Los Angeles
Tagged anchors, city denver, duopoly, executive producers, granddaddy, greg phillips, inland empire, jaime garza, jennifer davis, jennifer sabih, layoffs, moniker, newspath, per diems, rsquo, salt lake city, syndication service, tv shoptalk, viacom, WGA
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Park La Brea Housing Complex Takes Out 24 Restraining Orders Against A ‘Jon Novian’
Each restraining order is a separate case number. There must be a great story here. Park La Brea brought all these restraining orders. What does a person have to do to get 24 people that angry? Nobody has ever brought … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged ali, annie, attorneys, case name, case number, case summary, case type, civil harassment, general jurisdiction, jewish name, jonathan, jurisdiction case, lasuperiorcourt org, miyuki, novian, park la brea, pl, restraining order, restraining orders, tilley
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Gur Hasidim In LA?
Joe emails: "Hi Mr. Ford, I enjoy your site on the internet very much. I have a question that I think you may be able to assist me with. Is there a Gur shul in Los Angeles?? I assume there … Continue reading
A Christlike Approach To Jewish Law
Donny emails: Hi Luke! I am an Orthodox convert. I was never involved with Jesus and Christianity. It’s only after converting that I started appreciating what he had to say to the Jews of his time. Based on what I … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged basra, Christianity, herod, introspection, jesus, jewish law, jewish los angeles, Jews, lack of education, messiah, messianic, nbsp, orthodox shuls, personal prayer, prayer 2000, quot, rabbi nachman, sacrificial meat, shul, third person, trinity, vertical column
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Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo And His Wife Have Split
She’s moved home. The LA Times has the story but they obviously don’t think it is a story. The Times is leaning backward to keep Richard Riordan’s reporter girlfriend happy. Martha Groves. They ran a 2000 word self-indulgent story over … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Marriage
Tagged angeles city, bench warrant, business tax, campaign finance law, city attorney rocky delgadillo, city business, clinton campaign, demise, failure to appear in court, girlfriend, gmc yukon, knee surgery, la times, los angeles city attorney, los angeles city attorney rocky delgadillo, Marriage, martha groves, old bench, personal tasks, personal vehicle, richard riordan, rocky delgadillo, sheriff lee baca, wikipedia
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged adelman, adelmans, arei, car crash, central jerusalem, chest wounds, devorah, haaretz, halevi, Hancock Park, har, hatzolah, head wounds, hellip, Jewish Journal, jewish mother, kosher market, levenberg, magen david, magen david adom, mashiach ben david, massive injuries, mercaz harav, mother daughter, motzei shabbat, narkis, neveh, old mother, rabbi yisroel, seat belts, sitting in the back seat, tragic losses, tragic scene, uzi, uzi narkiss, vista ave, yerushalayim, zeev
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Live For Sdorot
Joe emails: Luke! what is up man I can’t believe you missed the ‘Live for Sderot‘ benefit last night! It was truly an amazing production.I was so excited and wired after I could hardly sleep when i got home finally … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Los Angeles
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Bruce Nadler, Nip/Tuck Workout Author, Dead at 61
Kate Coe writes Feb. 6, 2008: In a true-life Nip/Tuck episode, Bruce and Terri Nadler were found dead of gunshot wounds in an apparent murder/suicide, earlier this week. The bodybuilding boards are all abuzz. Dr. Nadler had been a noted … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
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