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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines – Danielle Berrin Now Single!

A month ago, the Jewish Journal Calendar Girl wrote about her relationship with a rabbi (the bloke who leads the twice monthly Friday night service at Ikar). Shortly thereafter, the Jewish people’s brightest hope for the future broke up over … Continue reading

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Ohr Ha Torah Finally Has Its Own Building

Rachel Heller writes:  It was a sight Mar Vista doesn’t see every day — a guitar-studded procession of more than 100 Jewish revelers marching jubilantly down South Barrington Avenue with five Torah scrolls. Members of Ohr HaTorah synagogue, which until … Continue reading

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Materialism & Jewish Life

I was just talking to someone looking for a Modern Orthodox Jewish community that wasn’t too materialistic. As long as I’ve been Jewish — 15 years — I’ve been poor. I’ve never been treated badly because of it. On the … Continue reading

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