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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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Is The Purpose Of Religion To Aggrandize Yourself Or To Serve God?
That’s the question I think about when I look at Jewish Los Angeles. When the Orthodox Union puts its hashgacha (kosher certification) on toilet bowl cleanser and water, is that just for making money or is there a divine reason … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Orthodoxy, R. David Rue, R. Gershon Bess, R. Yehuda Bukspan, RCC
Tagged halakhic questions, jewish los angeles, personal aggrandizement, rabbi yehuda, rabbinical council of california, toilet bowl cleanser, torah text
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Will American Jewish University Take Over The Jewish Community Library Of Los Angeles?
The library is now located in the Jewish Federation building at 6505 Wilshire Blvd, which means you have to go through an elaborate security check to get to it. The American Jewish University recently made a presentation to the Federation … Continue reading
Posted in AJU
Tagged AJU, jewish community library, jewish los angeles, jewish university, wilshire blvd
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Alone In The Crowd
The emptiness hit first. Before I even began with my strawberries, pineapple, watermelon, and chocolate chip cookies, I felt completely alone. I stood off to the side and felt the waves of shame roll over me. First they were just … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged chocolate chip cookies, cookies and cake, jewish los angeles, luke ford, sorry my friend, utter futility
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I Go To The Shul Banquet
Preparation Video Post-Banquet Letdown For the past few weeks when people would ask me if I was going to the shul banquet, I gave a haughty and disdainful no. I was above that plebian fraternizing. It sounded really boring. I … Continue reading
Posted in David Suissa, Personal
Tagged baseball game, beverly hilton, jewish los angeles, luke ford, Moshav Band, two good friends
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