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Category Archives: Los Angeles
An Unholy Act
Jesse Katz writes for Los Angeles magazine: In his 32 years as director of the UCLA branch of Hillel, the global Jewish student fellowship, Chaim Seidler-Feller has never been just a rabbi. He is a pundit, a scholar, a mediator, … Continue reading
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Pacific Jewish Center Seeks New Rabbi
The Venice shul looking for someone modern and dynamic who will do outreach and attract new members (a la rabbis Daniel and David Lapin, their previous rabbis). The past rabbi, Geiger, was more staid. Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Reform in Korea … Continue reading
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Shul Shopping For The High Holidays
I’ll be interviewed on KNBC TV at 5:45 p.m. talking about my Los Angeles synagogue ratings. Here’s the audio. Anchor: "But now finding the right synagogue for you could be just a click of the mouse away. Channel 4’s Cary … Continue reading
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Two Orthodox students shot with pellet gun;
Brad A. Greenberg reports: Two Orthodox Jews were shot with a pellet gun Thursday night at Alta Vista Boulevard and Waring Avenue in the Melrose area in an incident that Los Angeles police have labeled a hate crime. No one … Continue reading
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Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller Profiled In The September Issue Of Los Angeles Magazine
I love how Jesse Katz focuses on how the case became a "Jewish American Rorschach test, its interpretation shaped by ideology, by identity, by religious and partisan agendas." I could never become upset about the case. The rabbi felt verbally … Continue reading
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The Manhattanizing of L.A.
From the New York Sun: Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times carried a piece by one of the most provocative of urban pundits, Joel Kotkin, under the headline, "Why the Rush to Manhattanize L.A.?" Mr. Kotkin speaks of a zoning vote last … Continue reading
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Illegal Vending Growing In Los Angeles
From MayorSam: Now that street vendors are popping up in greater numbers and in new areas throughout the Streets of Los Angeles; what impact will this have on the Los Angeles business, safety and health? If you take a look … Continue reading
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The Mexican Mafia
MayorSam reports: Tony Rafael’s debut book, The Mexican Mafia, went on sale last Wednesday. Many Mayor Sam readers already know Rafael as Wally Fay, editor of In The Hat, a popular, long-running expert narrative on Los Angeles gangs, crime, cops, … Continue reading
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Modern Orthodox – The Play
According to the Jewish Journal: July 31-September 2 What happens when a secular Jewish couple living on the Upper West Side collides with an Orthodox diamond dealer from Brooklyn? Head to Beverly Hills to find out, where the West Coast … Continue reading
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca And His Chinese Wife Carol Are Getting A Divorce
The divorce is common knowledge around the sheriff’s department. I believe that the sheriff and his wife have other interests. From the July 30 L.A. Times: Perhaps the biggest seal of approval came when Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca … Continue reading
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