shangri-la Archives – Jewish Journal

Luxury Toronto: Fairmont Royal York, Shangri-La Toronto and Four Seasons Hotel Toronto

Lisa Ellen Niver November 8, 2022

Zionist group to honor anti-Islam activists at Hotel Shangri-La

Jonah Lowenfeld January 18, 2013

When the Muslim part-owner of a Santa Monica boutique hotel was found guilty last year of discriminating against a group of Jewish patrons, the hotel announced it would host a party for a Jewish group as part of its efforts to repair its reputation.

Shangri-La juror said to have hidden her Jewishness

Jonah Lowenfeld January 16, 2013

In court papers filed Jan. 7, attorneys for the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its owner allege that of 12 members on the jury that unanimously found their clients guilty of discriminating in 2010 against a group of Jewish patrons, one juror concealed her own Jewishness during jury selection.

Shangri-La Hotel owner seeks new trial

Jonah Lowenfeld January 2, 2013

The Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica and its partial-owner, Tehmina Adaya, who in August 2012 were found guilty in a jury trial of unlawfully discriminating against a group of young Jews, have begun the process of requesting a new trial. Attorneys for Adaya and the hotel filed three motions in California Superior Court on Dec. 24, including one outlining what they call legal defects in the previous judgment and another declaring their intent to request a new trial. A hearing on these motions is set for Jan. 31.

Letters to the Editor: Hotel Shangri-La, Daniel Gordis, Holocaust Bnai Mitzvah Project

Jewish Journal August 29, 2012

In Jonah Lowenfeld\’s article (\”Young Jews Party for a Cause…\” Aug. 24) it is disappointing that the unnamed \”legal experts\” apparently failed to have any knowledge of the California Court of Appeal\’s precedent-setting decision in Pines v. Tomson (1984), which held the Unruh Act applicable to protect Jews who had been victimized on the basis of their religion by any and \”all business establishments of any kind whatsoever.\”