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Life Eschewing the Nose Job in Image-Conscious L.A.
As if growing up a digit away from the 90210 wasn’t enough to school me in beauty standards, my mother had already undergone two nose jobs by the time I was six. Mom says her original nose had a bump and the tip was crooked. When a doctor said she had a deviated septum, she…
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Fast Forward Were Hebrew Union College Rabbi’s Grandchildren Snatched by Mother?
Los Angeles police are searching for two Jewish brothers who disappeared nearly two weeks ago and are believed to have been abducted by their Taiwanese-American mother. The children’s parents are divorced and live in different cities. The two brothers, Sage Cook, 14, and Isaac Cook, 9, flew on Aug. 28 from their father’s home in…
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Culture Old Traditions in New L.A.
and her husband, David Nahai, have been living together in Los Angeles for 33 years — 24 of them in their current home in Benedict Hills. Both are of Persian descent. Gina, 54, is a writer and professor of creative writing at the University of Southern California. David is an attorney and environmental activist. Their…
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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi’s Car Torched in Los Angeles
A car belonging to a Chabad rabbi in Los Angeles was set on fire, burning prayer books and tefillin inside. Security cameras at the Chabad of Mt. Oympus, located in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood, captured footage of two people vandalizing the car at about 2 a.m. June 24, the Jewish Journal reported. Nothing was stolen…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Parents Sue Over Sand Flies on Israel Trip
The parents of four Los Angeles County high school students who participated in a summer youth trip to Israel have sued the sponsoring organizations over a sand fly infestation. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday against the Union for Reform Judaism and the North American Federation of Temple Youth,…
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Fast Forward Shelly Sterling Wins $2.8M Suit Against ‘Conniving’ Mistress
A judge ruled on Tuesday that the wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is owed $2.6 million from the woman he lavished with gifts and was behind his downfall, the wife’s lawyer said. Shelly Sterling said in her lawsuit that V. Stiviano, who recorded the racist remarks by Donald Sterling that led…
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Culture Los Angeles Synagogue Houses Mosque and Church Too
(JTA) — On the first floor of the Pico Union Project, members of the Women’s Mosque of America are preparing the historic sanctuary for prayers, spreading long bolts of cloth on the floor, hanging a banner from the organ loft and placing an open copy of the Koran in the just-vacated Holy Ark. Outside, news…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Jewish Cemetery Sued for Dumping Bodies — Again
A Jewish cemetery accused of disturbing dead people’s remains is being sued for the second time. Several dozen relatives of people buried at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery filed a complaint Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging mass disturbances of their loved ones’ graves. About 40,000 people are buried in the 72-acre cemetery, including comedians…
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