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Fast Forward 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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Fast Forward Eric Garcetti Declared First Jewish Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti has been elected mayor of the United States’ second-largest city after defeating his rival by a margin of 8 points, according to preliminary results. Garcetti, who becomes the first Jewish mayor of Los Angeles, won 53.9 percent of the vote on Tuesday to defeat City Controller Wendy Greuel who garnered…
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Fast Forward Eric Garcetti Leads Battle To Become First Jewish Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti opened a convincing election-night lead in his bid to become the first Jewish mayor of America’s second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook, returns showed late on Tuesday. Garcetti, whose mother is Jewish, drew 53 percent of the vote, compared with 47 percent for his opponent,…
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Fast Forward Eric Garcetti’s Lead Narrows in Los Angeles Mayoral Race
City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey’s director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday’s election. The poll released late on Friday by the University of Southern California’s Price…
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The Schmooze Paltrow-Gate
And then she wonders why people balk at her “normal gal” routine… One of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Los Angeles neighbors has filed a complaint to the L.A. City Department of Building and Safety, saying that the gate around the actress’ house is too high. The regulation high is six-feet and Paltrow and husband’s Chris Martin is…
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Fast Forward Supermodel Kate Upton Blows Off Prom Date With Jewish Teen
Supermodel Kate Upton will not go to the prom with a Jewish day school student from Los Angeles, after indicating that she might attend. Jake Davidson told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal Wednesday that Upton would not attend prom with him, presumably because of a busy schedule. “While I would have loved for Kate to…
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