Category Archives: Pico/Robertson

Failed Messiah: LA Chabad And Orthodox Synagogues Sponsor Sukkot Celebration In Honor Of Convicted Felon Sholom Rubashkin

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Luke Ford

Luke: Accused child molester Mendy Tevel davened at Chabad Bais Bazelel over the first days of Succot. Failed Messiah: Synagogues including Baid Bezalel, Bais Menachem, B’nai David-Judea, Chabad Israel Center, Chabad SOLA, and Mogen David Young Sephardic stage a simchat … Continue reading →

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Hookers In Pico-Robertson?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Luke Ford

I don’t think I’ve seen hookers walking around 90035 looking for business. There have been a couple of odd-looking blonde women walking around who looked like hookers but they weren’t obvious. Kenneth Lowenstein posts: “around 2am several female prostitutes were … Continue reading →

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Using A Stroller On Shabbat

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Luke Ford

Every major Orthodox rabbi but one has ruled that you can’t use a stroller on Yom Kippur because the eruv is down due to the 405 construction. Here’s the normative approach: Young Israel of Century City Guidelines For When the … Continue reading →

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Different Mores Regarding Noise

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Luke Ford

Do Westernized Jews have different mores regarding noise than fresh immigrants from Iran, Morocco and other Sephardic cultures? Persians, Moroccans, immigrant Sephardim in Pico-Robertson etc frequently honk their horns when they drive up to a home, hang out in the … Continue reading →

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A Dangerous Part Of Town

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

Ten days before the fatal stabbing on Robertson and 18th, I sat in a home nearby and wrote: I’m in a dangerous part of town. Goy town. Rabid dogs all around off their leash. Why should their owners give a … Continue reading →

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