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boyle heights
Boyle Heights’ Jewish history celebrated with exhibition in the neighborhood
Eitan Arom
June 14, 2017
‘Kreplach Western’ screening a new frontier for Boyle Heights lending library
Eitan Arom
July 27, 2016
Libros Schmibros is, according to David Kipen, its founder, “the Yiddish-Spanish joke that got out of hand.”
The ‘Little Fuehrer’ vs. student furor in Boyle Heights
Jewish Journal
December 16, 2015
While commentators denounce and rebut Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, some will remember that 70 years ago, another battle against bigotry, as well as anti-Semitism and what the media called “fascism,” was waged by Jewish and Black teenagers on the streets of Los Angeles.
Letters to the editor: Thai slavery, Klezmer at the Skirball, Iran deal op-eds and more
Jewish Journal
August 26, 2015
I would like to commend Saw Yan Naing’s continued coverage in the Jewish Journal of the persecution of Burmese refugees by Thai slavers (“A Story of Modern Slavery in Thailand,” Aug. 21).
Boyle Heights and City Terrace: Musical bridge to East L.A.
Jewish Journal
August 19, 2015
As the Los Angeles-based klezmer band Mostly Kosher began a summer afternoon concert at the Skirball Cultural Center on Aug. 9, few in the audience knew that what they were about to experience had roots in the Jewish neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and City Terrace going back more than 75 years.
Father’s Day: A model of involvement
Ellie Kahn
June 17, 2015
“My father was always very kind and connected to his family.\”
‘Intersection’ at the Breed Street Shul
Jonathan Maseng
June 4, 2014
The heavily Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights might seem an odd place to hold an art show that appeals to Jews, but for many native Angelenos who are familiar with the neighborhood’s history, it makes perfect sense.
‘Boyle Heights Heroes’ remembers L.A.’s Jewish roots
Kylie Ora Lobell
March 5, 2014
As the granddaughter of a rabbi who was also the first president of the Breed Street Shul in Boyle Heights — the center of Los Angeles Jewish life in the first half of the 20th century — Annette Shapiro knows the importance of remembering your roots.
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