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The Schmooze An L.A. ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Cheap Gas Promotion Had To Be Shut Down By Police
Determined to buy Emmy-attention at any cost, Amazon Studios on Thursday turned Los Angeles into an homage to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the period piece show about the spunky absentee mom dipping a pedicured-toe into comedy. Ahead of September’s Emmy Awards — “Maisel” received 20 nominations — Amazon offered city-wide promotions of costly goods at…
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Fast Forward ‘Jude’ Etched On Front Door Of Los Angeles Synagogue
The word “Jude” was carved under a Star of David on the front door of a Los Angeles synagogue on Saturday, the Jewish Journal reported. A bystander saw an unidentified person create the symbols into the Temple Mishkon Tephilo in Venice and called the police, which notified Rabbi Gabriel Botnick. It was the synagogue’s first…
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Fast Forward BB Gun Shots Fired at Los Angeles Yeshiva
(JTA) — Shots from a BB gun were fired at the Valley Village Community Kollel in Los Angeles. The building was struck on Sunday morning, while the Kollel was in session inside, the Yeshiva World news website reported. No one was injured from the shots. A car parked outside of the building had a window…
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The Schmooze Sandy Koufax Joins Jackie Robinson As The Only Statues At Dodger Stadium
(JTA) — The Los Angeles Dodgers will add a statue of legendary Jewish pitcher Sandy Koufax to their stadium as part of a $100 million renovation project. The statue will be located next to one of Jackie Robinson, another Hall of Fame Dodger and Major League Baseball’s first black player, the Dodgers revealed at a news…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Deli Denies Kicking Out Same-Sex Couple For Kissing
(JTA) — Langer’s Deli, a well-known kosher-style restaurant in Los Angeles, has denied kicking out a couple for sharing a same-sex kiss. A woman posted on social media this week that the restaurant’s owner, Norm Langer, kicked her and her partner out during their meal on Saturday after they kissed. The woman wrote in a…
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Fast Forward Two Swastikas Burned Into Lawn In Los Angeles
Two swastikas were burned into a lawn in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. The three-feet hate symbols were created by pouring a corrosive substance onto the synthetic grass either late Wednesday or early Thursday. The same person or group may also be responsible for burning two other swastikas on the pavement about a…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Targeted By Bomb Threat At Muslim-American Civil Rights Banquet
Representative Ilhan Omar was targeted by a bomb threat at event in Los Angeles, where she was speaking on Muslim-American civil rights, celebrity news site The Blast reported. The Minnesota congresswoman was scheduled to be the featured speaker at a banquet for the Council of American-Islamic Relations on March 23. Days earlier, on March 19,…
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Fast Forward Members Of Los Angeles Youth Hockey Team Suspended Over Hitler Salute
(JTA) — Three coaches and 15 players from a youth hockey team in Los Angeles have been suspended over a video posted on social media showing a player making a Nazi salute as other players make anti-Semitic remarks. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings announced the suspensions of coaches and players from the 14U Bantam AAA…
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