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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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Culture At an L.A. children’s museum, a universal story with Jewish origins
Directly above the Disney Store and just across from the Cheesecake Factory on the top level of the outdoor Santa Monica Place mall, the Cayton Children’s Museum looks out onto a glittering central courtyard, where the mall’s oversized Christmas tree stretches up three stories. The star-topped tip sits just above eye level with the museum’s…
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Fast Forward 3 Schools In LA Spray-Painted With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
(JTA) — Three Los Angeles schools — two of them Jewish — were tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti days after a synagogue in Beverly Hills was found vandalized. A swastika and hateful messages including the phrase “time to pay” were found spray-painted at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, the Westwood Charter School and Milken…
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Fast Forward Beverly Hills Persian Synagogue Vandalized On Shabbat, Torahs Damaged
(JTA) — A synagogue in Beverly Hills was vandalized in what police are investigating as a hate crime. At approximately 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a statement from the Beverly Hills Police Department, a suspect described as a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue, a Persian Jewish congregation, and vandalized the sanctuary. Photos of the…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Synagogue Vandalized With ‘Free Palestine’ Graffiti
A synagogue in Los Angeles was vandalized with graffiti stating “Free Palestine” on Tuesday morning, September 11. Security footage showed a hooded man spray-painting the wall of the Baba Sale Congregation before driving away, the Jewish Journal reported. “We’re a Jewish house of worship that’s located 7,500 miles from the Middle East where this conflict…
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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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