{"id":85291,"date":"2016-01-14T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85291"},"modified":"2016-01-14T10:48:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T18:48:39","slug":"jewish-journal-50-reasons-why-l-a-is-americas-coolest-jewish-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=85291","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Journal: 50 reasons why L.A. is America\u2019s coolest Jewish city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder what the goyim will think about this list.<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/feature\/article\/50_reasons_why_l.a._is_americas_coolest_jewish_city\">Jared Sichel writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>50. Not one, but two(!) Holocaust museums<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and the Museum of Tolerance, you\u2019ll never, never forget.<br \/>\n49. The beach<\/p>\n<p>48. The good New Yorkers move here<\/p>\n<p>47. The annoying ones go back to New York after 12 months <\/p>\n<p>46. Drugs \u2026 rehab, that is<\/p>\n<p>45. Steven Spielberg<\/p>\n<p>44. Steven Spielberg\u2019s mother<\/p>\n<p>43. The USC Shoah Foundation <\/p>\n<p>42. The Kibitz Room at Canter\u2019s Deli<\/p>\n<p>41. Best shawarma and matbucha outside Israel<\/p>\n<p>40. The best and most accessible kosher restaurants in America<\/p>\n<p>39. Jeff\u2019s Gourmet Sausage Factory<\/p>\n<p>38. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and its art collection are reason enough to get yourself admitted (for something minor)<\/p>\n<p>37. The Skirball Cultural Center can make you look super-smart<\/p>\n<p>36. If there\u2019s a kosher Mexican restaurant to die for, we have it <\/p>\n<p>35. The Happy Minyan<\/p>\n<p>34. Friday Night Live at Sinai Temple<\/p>\n<p>33. Get holy with celebrities in synagogue<\/p>\n<p>32. Going to Vegas for Christmas with every other Jew in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>31. Ari Gold<\/p>\n<p>30. Haim Saban<\/p>\n<p>29. Sunbrella vs. umbrella <\/p>\n<p>28. Israeli-style dress codes<\/p>\n<p>27. Israeli-style drivers<\/p>\n<p>26. America\u2019s biggest annual pro-Israel festival<\/p>\n<p>25. The Israeli-American Council<\/p>\n<p>24. Yes, you can fly to Israel nonstop from here<\/p>\n<p>23. The Israel Film Festival and the L.A. Jewish Film Festival<\/p>\n<p>22. Two 770s<\/p>\n<p>21. L.A. Jews are probably the writers, producers and\/or directors behind your favorite shows and movies<\/p>\n<p>20. All-star rabbis<\/p>\n<p>19. Tehrangeles!<\/p>\n<p>18. We got $<br \/>\nJews made up almost 50 percent of the L.A. Business Journal\u2019s 2015 list of the 50 wealthiest Angelenos, with Sumner Redstone (we, too, were surprised to learn a guy named Sumner Redstone is Jewish) and Eli Broad in the top spots. In all, we counted at least 23 Jews on the list. FYI: For every 50 people in Los Angeles, about 3.3 are Jewish. The combined net worth of the Biz Journal\u2019s present-day Rothschilds is $65.39 billion \u2014 nearly 10 percent of L.A.\u2019s gross domestic product. Note: This entry will likely soon appear on Stormfront. <\/p>\n<p>17. Our Eastside is cooler than yours<\/p>\n<p>16. Our Westside is cooler than yours<\/p>\n<p>15. The city\u2019s top three elected officials are Jews <\/p>\n<p>14. Brandeis-Bardin Institute<\/p>\n<p>13. 97 percent of the celebrities Abe Foxman has condemned are here<\/p>\n<p>12. Finding Jewish guys and gals is no harder here than anywhere else<\/p>\n<p>11. And they\u2019re really hot<\/p>\n<p>10. America\u2019s No. 1 deli city <\/p>\n<p>9. You can imagine you\u2019re in Ramallah<\/p>\n<p>8. You can imagine you\u2019re in Mea Shearim<\/p>\n<p>7. You can imagine you\u2019re in the Negev<\/p>\n<p>6. You can imagine you\u2019re in Tel Aviv<\/p>\n<p>5. Nobody cares about your religious observance<\/p>\n<p>4. We\u2019re the Silicon Valley of shul and minyan startups<\/p>\n<p>3. You will fit in somewhere <\/p>\n<p>2. Being a \u201cyoung professional\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1. America\u2019s best Jewish newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder what the goyim will think about this list. Jared Sichel writes: 50. Not one, but two(!) Holocaust museums Thanks to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and the Museum of Tolerance, you\u2019ll never, never forget. 49. 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