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Domestic Violence In Beverly Hills

Around 3 p.m., I was walking down Corning near Olympic in 90035 and noticed a police helicopter circling over head and three police cars with their lights flashing. They were tracking a domestic violence call. Some blonde woman had gone … Continue reading

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Morry’s Fireplace Hosted A Big Simchat Torah Party Thursday Night

So I came out of the Happy Minyan about 9:30 p.m. Thursday and walked east on Pico Blvd. I noticed a huge crowd outside Morry’s Fireplace (operated by Aish HaTorah). Aish used some sharp thinking to set up this meeting … Continue reading

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Business Scandals Among LA Persian Jews

The Jewish Journal reports: Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million that had been loaned to him

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Name Those Who Study Torah In Pico-Robertson

I’m talking about people who study it every day in the original. And I am not talking about rabbis or anybody who gets paid to study Torah. There are three at Bnai David-Judea (about 430 member families) — Shep Rosenman, … Continue reading

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NYT Columnist Roger Cohen Does Sinai Temple

Rob Eshman writes: “New York Times columnist Roger Cohen visited my synagogue Thursday,“ writes Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple on Huffington Post today. “ All day long the sparks flew and the cultures clashed.“ In a typically lucid and … Continue reading

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