Category Archives: Los Angeles

Pacific Jewish Center Seeks New Rabbi

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Luke Ford

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

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Luke Ford

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;

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Luke Ford

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

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Luke Ford

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.

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

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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