Tag Archives: Beth Jacob

What Is Your Shul’s Vision?

What is Shalhevet’s vision? It is the one Orthodox high school school in Los Angeles where boys and girls receive the identical education. Its mixture of Lawrence Kohlberg and Orthodox Judaism is highly un-Orthodox. I’ve never met a Shalhevet student … Continue reading

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‘Levi, Have You Seen My Lapdancers?’

I often get off the 10 Freeway at Robertson Blvd and have to pass by this den of iniquity — Skin, a strip club at 3388 Robertson. Here’s a strip club right next door to the burning heart of Modern … Continue reading

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Rabbi Kalmann Topp’s Quaint Vision For Beth Jacob — Torah!

The vision thing. It seems like Rabbi Topp at Beth Jacob has it. He teaches two serious Torah classes during the week and a serious parsha shiur on Shabbos morning. He seems to have a vision for Beth Jacob — … Continue reading

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Pico-Robertson Update

Real estate values of the average Pico-Robertson home are down about 25% from the peak in 2006. Prime Beverlywood property is holding up well. Rents are under pressure. Vacancies are up even though the population hasn’t declined. Rents are down … Continue reading

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The Uninvited

D. emails: "I’ll make it simple for you, Sunny Jim. It’s because you’re a fair-dinkum obnoxious whinger who can’t see beyond himself." Tuesday night. His assignment was to draw with crayons a picture of his life today. (Similar assignment from … Continue reading

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