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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
Posted in Iran, Personal
Tagged blonde woman, domestic violence, honking, persian jews, police cars, police helicopter
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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
Posted in Aish HaTorah
Tagged anglo saxon, ashkenazi jew, jewish observance, middle easterners, persian jews, simchat torah
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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
Posted in Abuse, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged iranian jews, john farahi, persian jews, radio talk show, radio talk show host, talk show host
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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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Tagged Beth Jacob, daf yomi, marc shapiro, persian jews, torah study, YICC
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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
Posted in Iran, Islam, Israel, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Jews, Journalism
Tagged jimmy delshad, mayor of beverly hills, new york times columnist, persian jews, rabbi david wolpe, york times columnist
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Russian Emigre Writer Sana Krasikov On Good & Evil
I met Sana at LimmudLA. We hit it off. I just read her first book and wanted to discuss it with her. I call her at 7 a.m. April 24, 2008, with evil on my mind. Sana: "You’re up so … Continue reading
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