Visitors to Israeli park turned away for carrying chametz
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2015
Visitors to a public park in Israel were turned away because they carried food that was not kosher for Passover.
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L.A.’s little-known plaque and grove of trees honor ‘Munich 11’
Jonah Lowenfeld
July 24, 2012
In the summer of 1984, when Los Angeles hosted the Olympics, then-Mayor Tom Bradley and the local organizers of the Olympic Games unveiled a large bronze plaque honoring the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich. The Israeli Olympic delegation was present for the unveiling, as were Jewish community leaders, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
Calabasas evens playing field for special-needs kids
Adam Wills
October 19, 2006
The city of Calabasas is preparing a play area where the thousands of special-needs children living in the Conejo and West San Fernando valleys can play alongside all children their age. Brandon\’s Village, the area\’s first universally accessible handicapped playground, is scheduled to open on Oct. 28 at Gates Canyon Park on Thousand Oaks Boulevard, just east of Las Virgenes Road.
A Garden Tour of Biblical Proportions
Lisa Alcalay Klug
January 6, 2005
Majestic fig trees bear their succulent fruit amid enormous leaves. Boughs of olives suggest the impending harvest as their color changes from green to black. Massive citrons emit their magnificent scent.
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