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News Love in the time of coronavirus
Bella Staav and Jonathan Sunshine arrived at Holmby Park wearing the accessories du jour in the Time of Coronavirus, a face mask and gloves. What set them apart was their formal attire, which had the whiff of a special occasion. Holmby Park is a verdant oasis in Los Angeles, not far from Beverly Hills, the…
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News The death of small business is a tragedy for Jewish community and democracy
“Small-scale commercial production is, every moment of every day, giving birth spontaneously to capitalism and the bourgeoisie…wherever there is small business and freedom of trade, capitalism appears.”— V.I. Lenin A great connoisseur as well as sworn enemy of the free market, Vladimir Lenin might smile a bit if he witnessed what is now happening to…
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News Adam Schiff, post-impeachment, mid-corona
Through much of the late fall and early winter, Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, was a daily presence in the national conscience. Beloved by Democrats, cursed by Republicans, he was must-see-TV, leading the House impeachment hearings of President Trump, then arguing for his removal as lead prosecutor in the Senate trial. Not long after…
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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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News Life in the time of corona: L.A. portraits
No one has been left unscathed from the effect of the coronavirus, from storeowners to rock-and-roll guitarists. Los Angeles-based writer and photographer Ayala Or-El captured some of the stories shared by members of the L.A. Jewish community. Sean Hurwitz, guitar player for the band Smash Mouth The news that his livelihood is in jeopardy caught…
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Fast Forward ‘F**k Kikes’ spray-painted on Los Angeles synagogue
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on a synagogue in Los Angeles. “F**k Kikes” followed by “Daniel M” was painted on the outside of the Ahavat Shalom synagogue, an Orthodox Persian synagogue. A photo of the graffitied synagogue was first posted on Facebook Tuesday by a sports management student at the University of Delaware who…
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Fast Forward L.A. Jewish day school donates 2,000 N95 masks
(JTA) — A Jewish day school in Los Angeles donated 2,000 N95 face masks to a local medical center and to local police. The de Toledo High School in the West Hills neighborhood said in a statement that while doing a thorough cleaning of the campus, it found boxes of the masks purchased for the…
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Fast Forward LA-area condo owner ordered to remove swastika
(JTA) — The Jewish mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has ordered a local condo owner to remove material posted on his balcony that includes swastikas and threats against the president. “This type of material and language has no place in our community and we are working tirelessly to get the material taken down,” Mayor…
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