The downside of upscale growth
October 26, 2007
I\’ve been following the Los Angeles housing story for a few months because of its special relevance to the Jewish community.
Bill Boyarsky
City Voice: Condo conversions cause casualties
August 31, 2007
In Jewish communities in Los Angeles, tenants are uneasily contemplating a fate increasingly familiar to renters – the conversion of their building to condominiums.
City Voice: The Mayor is cheating … on L.A.
July 27, 2007
Breaking the commandment against adultery shouldn\’t disqualify you for public office. Still, I don\’t think the adulterer should expect cheers from the Jewish community. This is especially true when the official is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who has made his family and his life story a big part of his persona.
‘Reboot’-ing Gen Y
June 22, 2007
She was absolutely right. Movements don\’t start with specifics or 10-point plans. They start with people meeting up and talking. Ideas are generated, plans are made and one day, action is taken. It\’s a slow process. This is where Reboot is now. Perhaps from this generation — prompted by leaders like Levin — an articulate minority will emerge and point the Jewish community in a fresh direction, just as Heschel and Herzl did many years ago.
Presidential hopefuls scrutinized on Israel
May 25, 2007
The Democratic presidential candidates\’ attitude toward Israel is undergoing the same sort of word-by-word examination that was such an important feature of the 2004 campaign.
City Voice: Will condo threat inspire unity among seniors?
April 27, 2007
More than 25 years ago, Los Angeles\’ senior Jewish renters joined with young progressives and persuaded a reluctant city government to adopt rent control.
Sam Zell is one tough Jew
April 13, 2007
Happily for them, most of the old-time Los Angeles anti-Semites who used to hang out at the downtown California Club are either dead or too old to care that a Jew is on the verge of owning the L.A. Times.
City Voice: We’re not who we think we are
March 9, 2007
There is a preconceived notion about the Los Angeles Jewish community being affluent, increasingly conservative and preoccupied with Israel to the exclusion of other issues.
The Times, it is a-changin’
February 1, 2007
Times are changing, and the Times, with circulation and advertising dropping, can no longer afford to be so high and mighty. At long last, the paper is going to juice up its Web site, and community input like your synagogue discussion meeting and your opinions and activities may be a big part of it.
Need for good schools should unite Jews and Latinos
January 4, 2007
In contrast to the 1960s, when the fabled and overblown black-Jewish alliance was obsessively chronicled and debated by Jewish academics, journalists, essayists and community leaders, the rise of the Latino population has not seemed to capture much Jewish interest, either pro or con. That is especially true now, when so many activist Jews are focused only on Israel.
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