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December 30, 2014
Hotel Shangri-La appeal largely upheld
An appellate court has upheld a jury’s ruling against Tehmina Adaya and Santa Monica’s Hotel Shangri-La, of which Adaya is part owner, in the case of an anti-Semitic episode directed at members of the local chapter of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) during a pool party in July 2010.
The Mensch List 2014
Last month, for our 10th annual mensch list, we invited your nominations of extraordinary volunteers in our community, and once again the outpouring of suggestions of amazing people was overwhelming.
Moving and shaking: FIDF, AJC and more
More than 15 Los Angeles residents returned home on Nov. 21 after participating in a weeklong, sold-out national leadership mission to Israel organized by the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).
Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies
Luise Rainer, the German-born actress who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical \”The Great Ziegfeld\” and the 1937 drama \”The Good Earth\” during a brief, stormy Hollywood career, died on Tuesday at age 104.
When giants fall
I probably should have written these words earlier.
Norton’s ‘Anthology of World Religions’: Our Prayers Have Been Answered
The publishing house of W.W. Norton is celebrated for the art of the anthology, whether it is a classic like “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” or Reza Aslan’s recent groundbreaking collection, “Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes From the Modern Middle East.”
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