I was proud to be part of this delegation, proud to be among someof the gatekeepers of our city, astounded at the vast amount Israel had to offer us and the generosity of her leaders to share.
One criticism of Villaraigosa\’s predecessor, Jim Hahn, was that he didn\’t understand the importance of symbolism, that he was too desk bound, too reluctant to make the grand gestures important in a sprawling city of many diverse communities.
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Community briefs – Israeli Security Offers Pointers to LAX; Education Programs Get Multimillion Dollar Boost\n
On Sukkot, the time tradition tells us is zman simchateinu, the season of our joy, we dwell in a fragile hut, open to the winds and rain and cold of the world, to remind ourselves that our joy is enriched, is deepened, when we glimpse, if only for a moment, how weak and fragile we are.
Imagine this situation: You\’ve arrived at LAX after hours of sitting in an airplane from Italy. You\’ve waited in line to get through customs, lugged your suitcases from the baggage claim and you finally emerge to locate your relatives. But they\’re nowhere to be found, and you don\’t speak English. What do you do?
I am not a writer or pretend to be one. This is one of those times that I am writing out of anger and frustration.
This is an indiscriminate cult of death, a type of fanaticism that preaches that those of a different religion or different ethnicity are less than human.
The Israeli community, joined by the city\’s mayor and Jewish leaders, bade a grief-stricken farewell Sunday to a man and woman killed by an Egyptian-born gunman at Los Angeles International Airport July 4.
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