Monthly Archives: March 2009

American Jewish University Professor Yitzchak Kerem Says The Sephardim Were Discriminated Against With Holocaust Reparations

Part Two I met Dr. Yitzchak Kerem at LimmudLA a few weeks ago. "Yitzchak Kerem is an historian on Sephardic Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been the editor of Sefarad, the Sephardic newsletter, since 1991. He … Continue reading

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The Blog ‘Hirhurim’ Becomes A Book

Rabbi Gil Student writes: Today marks the end of the Hirhurim blog’s fifth year. I’d like to thank all of the readers and commenters, and all of my fellow posters: the regulars — Steve, Joel and R. Ari; and the … Continue reading

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Real Estate Developer Brian Dror Filed For Personal Bankruptcy In February

He filed for bankruptcy on one of his business entities (SNH) eleven months ago. If I could figure out the Pacer system for California’s Central District, I’d give you the motherlode of documents on this, listing all the people who … Continue reading

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NYT Columnist Roger Cohen Speaks At Sinai Temple

JTA reports: New York Times columnist Roger Cohen sparred with members of Los Angeles’ Iranian Jewish community about his recent columns on Iranian Jews. JTA has the story, and the L.A. Jewish Journal has the video from the synagogue forum … Continue reading

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Racist Foupes

D. emails: "Foupe?" Is that anything like "faux pas?" You obviously learned nothing from when I punished your youthful sweet tooth by having you copy page after page out of the dictionary. I should have suck with my initial plan … Continue reading

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