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August 17, 2006

Cozy Kosher Surf Shack: An Observant Oasis in the ‘Bu

Joyce Brooks Bogartz\’s look isn\’t quite what you\’d expect from the owner of a kosher restaurant. Adorned with brown-and-cream dreadlocks, the nearly 50-year-old proprietor of Malibu Beach Grill would at first glance seem to fit in better with customers sporting board shorts than black hats. But this post-punk Gidget is the kind of \’Bu Jew who is as comfortable around Chabadniks as she is with surfers.

Hebrew School Rocks Thanks to Radio Station

On Friday nights, when 13-year-old Michael Rothbart approaches Leo Baeck Temple for Shabbat services, he urges his parents to tune to 87.9 on their radio dial. He is hoping that Avram Mandell, Leo Baeck\’s educational director and the founding force behind the temple\’s very low-power radio station, has popped in some pre-recorded Jewish music.

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