Monthly Archives: August 2007

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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TMZ Attacks

Tabloid Baby posts: At 6 feet, eight and a half inches tall and with millions of dollars in the bank, veteran actor and comedian Brad Garrett knows how to tread carefully around confrontation– especially with the paparazzi and other media. … Continue reading

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Does The Jewish Journal Love Israel?

Jewish Journal writer Danielle Berrin blogs about Friday night’s dialogue: The truth is, you can only really edit a Jewish publication, if you love being Jewish, if you love Israel with your soul. Yet among the crowd gathered at Sinai … Continue reading

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The Mayor And Spurned Reporter Ana Garcia

From ERSNews.com: Ana Garcia, anchor, sometime "investigative reporter" and former communication director to Los Angeles District Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, is not happy with Mayor Villaraigosa. It seems the Mayor doesn’t want to talk to her about how and when he … Continue reading

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The Orthodox Paradox

Jonathan Rosenblum writes: …Feldman has performed one valuable service: His piece serves as a warning against the easy assumption that the best in secular learning can be readily reconciled with passionate Torah study. When equal emphasis is placed on the … Continue reading

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