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News Black Lives Matter protests in Los Angeles tear through Jewish neighborhood
After protests that stemmed from the death of George Floyd descended into violence, vandalism and looting tore through Los Angeles on Saturday, sweeping a number of Jewish businesses and synagogues into the wake of destruction. L.A. this morning. #laprotest https://t.co/qC39IYK2QS pic.twitter.com/6se6M5Wyv3 — Johnny Kunza (@johnkunza) May 31, 2020 The day started peacefully, with thousands of…
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News At Jewish Home, a coronavirus success story
With 1.4 million infections and 85,000 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus across the United States, it’s sometimes hard to find a success story. But here’s one: The non-profit Los Angeles Jewish Home, the largest single source provider of senior healthcare in Los Angeles, with housing for about 1,250 people and services for another 3,500,…
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Food Fermented stuffed grape leaves for #QuarantineShabbat
Anyone else feeling claustrophobic? I’m blessed, I get that. We have a yard, fruit trees and vegetable gardens I’ve been tending for two decades – even a hammock. As internal exile goes, it’s pretty sweet. But here in Los Angeles, county officials just announced the stay-at-home order may extend through August. And, as the quarantine…
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News Reopen Georgia? Atlanta’s Jewish community isn’t so sure
Georgia’s governor is in a hurry to reopen his state. Atlanta’s Jewish community, not so much. “No one is calling us frantic to reopen,” said Robert Wittenstein, president of Temple Emanu-el of Greater Atlanta. Earlier this week, Georgia’s Republican Brian Kemp announced he wanted Georgia to reopen—to the surprise of business leaders and mayors across…
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News How Laemmle Theatres is weathering the coronavirus storm
What do you do if you own Los Angeles’ premier independent cinema chain and the coronavirus pandemic shuts down all your theatres? You show movies, of course. That’s what Greg Laemmle, chief executive officer of his family-owned Laemmle Theatres, has taken to doing at the theatre’s web site. “My family has been in this business…
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Culture On Elvis Presley’s 85th birthday, a story of his brush with Jewishness
Editor’s Note: This story ran in 2014 as part of the Forward’s “Our Promised Lands” series. We’re re-revisiting it today in honor of what would have been Elvis Presley’s 85th birthdayt. In the summer of 1954, Elvis Presley released his first single. He had one problem: He couldn’t play it. The aspiring 19-year-old singer was…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History Of James Bond
Editor’s Note: George Lazenby, who gained fame for playing the role of James Bond in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” turns 80 today. In his honor, we present our own history of James Bond. It’s hard to imagine anyone less Jewish — or more goyish — than James Bond: He of the shaken-not-stirred-martinis; he who…
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Fast Forward Historic Manhattan Yeshiva Vandalized With Graffiti
(JTA) — Graffiti was painted on the exterior of a historic yeshiva on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim building was vandalized between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, possibly while students were inside. The graffiti included what looks like a clown face, the word “evil,” and a series of letters and numbers meant…
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