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Category Archives: Los Angeles
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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