Live in the hood: ‘last time the shoulder no good’
David Suissa
September 14, 2006
If you want to get the full flavor of the Pico-Robertson neighborhood, there\’s no better season than this time of year.
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A ‘Nice’ Idea Blossoms Into a Group of ‘Niceaholics’
Rebecca Raphael
July 27, 2006
\”I realized that if you have the ability to help other people, you\’re in a pretty good place,\” says Debbie Tenzer. \”It\’s not always easy, because basically, we\’re selfish creatures, many of us struggling every day. We have to make a choice, and it starts by doing just one nice thing.\”
Chabad Expands in Vegas
Jewish Journal
July 19, 2006
The new shul is a testament to the Jewish community\’s growth in the area, which already houses another equally large Chabad campus close to the Las Vegas Strip.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Avi Schnurr
June 1, 2006
Like most L.A. residents, we\’ve moved many times over the years. From Santa Monica to Culver City, Marina del Rey and then Westwood, it\’s not easy to pick up and move 10 or 20 miles with everything you own. At least, that\’s how we felt until a little over a year ago, when we made the 7,582-mile move to Jerusalem.
Memories and Music
Roberto Loiederman
April 27, 2006
In Los Angeles, as in other American cities where Jews have moved out en masse from their old neighborhoods, they not only left dwellings behind, they also left behind synagogues, social centers, stores and street corners that connected them to a certain time in their lives and to a particular era in their collective past.
Hancock Park Infighting Escalates
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
April 13, 2006
Smoldering tensions between the Orthodox community and other Hancock Park residents, many of them also Jewish, are heating up anew, as a battle over neighborhood architecture has divided along lines of religious affiliation.
Letters
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2006
The funniest part of your recent Purim issue was the article on Rabbi Aron Tendler\’s departure from Shaarey Zedek Congregation (\”Tendler Resigns Under Cloud,\” March 10). In lieu of any substance, it was filled with rumors and speculation — a hilarious send-up of real journalism!
Shul’s Stormy Saga
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
March 2, 2006
Etz Chaim, for its part, is arguing that the settlement is valid, that it did not violate the settlement and, that, in any case, federal law exempts it from zoning regulations.
Big Sunday Gets Big Boost From City
Naomi Glauberman
February 16, 2006
Corporate, private and organizational donors underwrite the day, including Temple Israel. The budget this year is $450,000. The city\’s participation will include providing security, busing and street closures. Additional donors are both welcomed and needed, Levinson said.
Wandering Jew – A Nosh of the Big Apple
Alina Tugend
January 26, 2006
At one point the neighborhood was considered so dangerous, people were afraid to walk the streets at night, but now it is experiencing something of a renaissance among Jews and non-Jews alike.
We had no idea if we would be the only ones to brave the cold and damp but were pleasantly surprised; about 30 people made up our tour.
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