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The role of L.A.’s Jewish electorate is changing
What do the recent city elections that saw Jews step into the three top citywide offices — mayor, city attorney and city controller — mean for the role of the Jewish community in Los Angeles?
In Detroit, Jewish resurgence led by young aims to transform city
Blair Nosan grew up in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield, attended the University of Michigan and then, like thousands of other young Jews from the beleaguered state, moved away.
[UPDATE] Sound of blast reported in Iran’s Isfahan City, home to key nuclear facility
The sound of an apparent explosion was heard from Iran\’s Isfahan city on Monday afternoon, the head of the judiciary in the province said, but the province\’s deputy governor denied that there had been a big blast.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in Jerusalem passport case
The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments in a case that would allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to have their birthplace listed as Israel on their passports.
A chosen rail line?
In a city where nothing ever seems to come easy, the arrival this summer of Jerusalem’s long-delayed light-rail Red Line was seen by some as nothing short of a miracle. At many points over the past 10-plus years of construction, it looked as though the Messiah would pass through the Old City’s Golden Gate before the train might arrive. And like many good land-use battles in Jerusalem, this one featured national political aspirations, terrorism concerns and the secular-religious divide, as well as conflicting views of fiscal and corporate accountability and arguments over the best transit solutions for a culturally and religiously diverse city of 800,000.
L.A. Sukkah sit-in shows Jews’ passion for politics
As I stopped at the sukkah in the Occupy L.A. encampment outside City Hall, I thought of the Jews’ role in the upcoming presidential election, which will be taking place amid a recession and doubts about President Barack Obama’s attitude toward Israel.
Tel Aviv is Lonely Planet top 10 city
Tel Aviv is among the world\’s top 10 cities for 2011 listed by the popular Lonely Planet travel guide website.
Rabbi Freehling’s pet project
For almost 12 years, Lucy traveled each day to University Synagogue in Brentwood with her owner, Rabbi Allen I. Freehling, then the synagogue\’s senior rabbi. The golden retriever mix soon became one of the most popular members of the Reform congregation.
Mayor: Building inspectors need better training, sensitivity to block another Yom Kippur showdown
Korobkin, the Yavneh spiritual leader, said he was very pleased with the mayor\’s recommendations and that the fault for last year\’s incident lay mainly in the way DBS was structured, as well as a certain lack of sensitivity.