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Breaking News Rabbi Apologizes to Bar Mitzvah Boy Sam Horowitz for Slam
Rabbi David Wolpe has retracted elements of his previous screed against Sam Horowitz’s lavish bar mitzvah—but has stood by its substance. In a piece published in the Washington Post, Wolpe copped to penning his previous piece in a “white heat,” the type of anger that might cause a well-respected rabbi to “appear to insult a…
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The Schmooze Charlie Sheen Dating Jewish Porn Star
It turns out James Deen has a female equivalent. TMZ has identified all three of Charlie Sheen’s “angels,” the three porn stars that the actor has reportedly been dating. Their names are Jana Jordan, Celeste Star and, most interestingly for us, Jayme Langford. Langford, it turns out, is not only Jewish, but studied bioethics at…
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The Schmooze Meet the No. 2 Israeli on Facebook
For her 30th birthday, Meytal Cohen is achieving every struggling artist’s dream — she’s sticking it to her family. On August 9th, Cohen’s Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for an original album will come to a close. With only three days to go, she has almost doubled her $60,000 goal and has 2,519 backers. But…
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Life Writer Aimee Bender Veers Into New Territory
L.A.-based writer Aimee Bender is one of the world’s masters of magical realism. Her first two books of short stories, “The Girl with the Flammable Skirt” and “Willful Creatures,” both featured characters — mostly women — dealing with extraordinary circumstances in quite ordinary ways. For example, the girl who treats her potato babies like normal…
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The Schmooze Jeff Garlin Arrested For Vandalism
A new episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”? Nope, just real life. Comedian Jeff Garlin, who plays Larry David’s agent on the show, has been arrested for vandalism after an argument over a parking space went awry. According to TMZ, Garlin got into a heated argument which escalated quickly, and ended with Garlin smashing in the…
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Breaking News Los Angeles Rabbis Call for Civility at Western Wall Services
As the new Jewish calendar month approaches, attention has once again shifted to the Western Wall and to the planned prayer service by Women of the Wall. Haredi activists in Jerusalem have already called for mass demonstrations on Sunday against the planned women’s prayer and Torah reading at the Wall, marking Rosh Chodesh, the first…
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Culture All Jewish on the Western Front
The Autry National Center is a gem. Tucked away in Los Angeles’s sprawling Griffith Park, the museum is packed with exhibits about the American West. There’s a stagecoach and a 19th-century fire engine, along with vintage guns and guitars. My favorite installation is the ornate saloon, all mahogany and brass, which provides a taste of…
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Opinion Garcetti’s Honor: L.A. Scribes to the Defense
My post yesterday about Jewish Los Angeles mayors before Eric Garcetti touched off a flurry of exchanges among writers and scholars who study Southern California Jewry. Among the questions raised were whether Abel Stearns’ serving as alcalde (Spanish for mayor) of el Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1850 counts as being a mayor of a…
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