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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Chandler Convalescent Hospital
I hope I don’t end up in a nursing home. I hope I don’t end up at Chandler Convalescent Hospital (5335 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91607). Calqualitycare.org rates it one star out of five and says its quality … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Sanford Deutsch
Tagged attentive staff, boulevard north, cash businesses, chandler convalescent hospital, jewish los angeles, laurel canyon boulevard, moral character, north hollywood ca, orthodox jews, types of businesses
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Chabad – Judaism With Muscles
I’ve gone a lot to Chabad shuls over the past few months and they’re totally different from the Modern Orthodox shuls I am used to. For one thing, many of the Chabadniks I meet have muscles. Few Modern Orthodox Jews … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Modern Orthodox
Tagged chabad judaism, chabadnik, Modern Orthodox, orthodox jews, orthodox shuls, professional code of conduct
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Making A New Point
In a 2005 lecture on Deut. 30, Dennis Prager says: “A lot of people wonder why there is so much repetition [in the Torah]. The reason is pedagogic. “When I make a new point [on the radio], I get no … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager
Tagged brilliant point, Dennis Prager, deut, fifth time, repetition
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Las Vegas Jewish Federation
Tom Ficara emails: Hi Luke: It appears that the revelation that Elliot Karp was fired at the Cincinnati Jewish Federation for exactly the same employee abuse that has occurred in his present tenure has given us some new and powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Federation, Las Vegas
Tagged caesars palace, cone of silence, employee abuse, entertainment director, fear and loathing in las vegas, Jewish Federation
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First Asian-American To Head CA Supreme Court
I bet Asian-Americans are just ecstatic over this news. I bet they’re rioting in Chinatown and overturning cars and just going crazy with joy. Wow, one of their own will head the prestigious California Supreme Court. Perhaps Asian-American kids will … Continue reading
Posted in Asians
Tagged arnold schwarzenegger, ca supreme court, female majority, george deukmejian, legal affairs secretary, sacramento district attorney
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