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Opinion California Jews, enough with your green, grassy Jewish cemeteries
In a megadrought, there's better choices than lawn-covered graves
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Fast Forward Prominent rabbi defends L.A. Mayor Garcetti as his ambassadorial nomination stalls
Sharon Brous, who has called for accountability for enablers of sexual abuse, questioned a report saying her congregant abided harassment in his office
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Opinion 30 years after L.A. burned, two Latino Jewish immigrants bring hope to ground zero
Near the corner of Vermont and Manchester avenues, someone created a huge mural consisting of a single word: “HOPES.” It’s been there for a while, and Michelle Clark, who lives nearby, sees it as a cruel joke. “Look around,” said Clark, 59, who was pushing a shopping cart full of recyclables. “It’s more like ‘The…
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News How to avoid conflict on Victory Day? Take away the microphone.
The annual parade of former Soviet Jews in West Hollywood is scrapped to avoid Russian-Ukrainian tensions
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News California ruling deemed step forward for Jewish women stuck in abusive marriages
A new solution for women whose ex-husbands withhold a Jewish divorce.
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Opinion The female magician whose most amazing escape was from her father
There’s a moment in “Death Defying Escape,” a new play by comedian Judy Carter, when I realized I’d been tricked. The three-actor production, now running at Hollywood’s intimate Hudson Theater, tracks Carter’s life: as a child growing up in L.A.’s Fairfax district (“We were the poor Jews,” she quips, “we still had our original noses.”);…
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News In L.A., a new exhibit on the American deli reveals some Jewish truths
In the 1930s, there were 5,000 delicatessens in New York City. By way of comparison, Starbucks, which seems to be on every street corner, has 241 outlets in New York. And those delis were much more than just places to get coffee or a pastrami. “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a new exhibit at the…
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Food An Italian Jewish cookbook in time for Passover
To some, orecchiette is just a pasta shape. To Benedetta Jasmine Guetta, it’s infuriating. “The history of orecchiette literally enrages me,” she said of the pasta whose name translates as “little ears.” Italians tell her the pasta shape comes from the Puglia region, unaware that it originated with the Jews who settled there from the…
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