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Category Archives: Los Angeles
Mourning The Temple
Though you wouldn’t realize it from my writing, I think about girls a lot. As a single man, I’ve met enough to keep me interested but not enough to satisfy. What I’ve lacked in quality, I’ve made up for in … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, Museum of Tolerance, Orthodoxy
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Jewish Day Schools
Jane emails: Perhaps you should re-consider the subject of Jewish Day Schools. You’d written a while back on Etz Jacob, and Aron Abecassis. My understanding now is that Aron abandoned the struggling school, walked away, and left them with a … Continue reading
Posted in Aron Abeccasis, Education, Etz Jacob, Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
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Why Must Jews Build Such Big Houses?
From The Los Angeles Times: A clash over huge new homes on average-size lots has divided Valley Village and led to an L.A. ordinance that would limit the size of houses… The proposed split has raised tempers in the community … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Orthodoxy
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Los Angeles Jewish News
* The latest issue of Jewish Community Foundation magazine profiles Aron Abecassis, real estate magnet and Etz Jacob philanthropist. * Beth Jacob reacquired the lot at the corner of Doheny and Olympic that was lost during the financial crisis of … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
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A Leader At LA County Of Employment Discrimination Impregnates Employee
A source writes: The number two [Marcus Castro] at the Los Angeles County office of employment discrimination has impregnated an employee of his [Destiny Hoffman, the blonde on the left with Bryce C. Campbell, Heather Freedman and Christian Keiber at … Continue reading
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A Leader At LA County Of Employment Discrimination Impregnates Employee
A source writes: The number two [Marcus Castro] at the Los Angeles County office of employment discrimination has impregnated an employee of his [Destiny, the blonde]. He tried to get her promoted but one of our employees complained becaue that … Continue reading
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Audit, Schmaudit! Spend The $178 Million Per Year On Police, Not “Gang Programs!”
Walter Moore writes July 8: Today the Los Angeles City Council authorized an expenditure of $500,000 of your money to “audit and gauge the effectiveness of” dozens of so-called “anti-gang” programs on which they already spend $178 million of your … Continue reading
Posted in Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Politics
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Back Story Behind The L.A. Eruv
Here’s the inside story that the Jewish Journal did not tell you. Initially Rabbi Bess (the leading authority on Jewish law in Los Angeles) was anti-eruv and rabbis in the Fairfax area did not want to get on his bad … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy, R. David Rue, R. Meyer May
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A Scene From Shul
"Is that the rabbi?" "Where’s his tie?" Rabbi: "There are some people beyond all hope. Beyond redemption. Beyond salvation. They’re incorrigible…" "Hey, how does he know my family so well?" "Where’s the air conditioning?" "That’s extra. We checked coffee instead."
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy, Personal
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Feeding Drugs To Kids
I caught this in a Pico-Robertson shul bulletin on Shabbos: Last week, two men posing as DWP workers committed several robberies… We also received an alert from Jewish Family Service Aleinu Family Resource Center that a man who goes by … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Los Angeles, Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson
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