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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Los Angeles Eruv Down
An eruv (string around a boundary) allows Jews to carry on the Sabbath without violating Jewish law. YICC.com emails: Dear Members, The LA Eruv committee reports that they have lost several hundred yards of eruv boundary to construction along the … Continue reading
Posted in Eruv
Tagged alternate arrangements, eruv committee, jewish law, la eruv, los angeles eruv
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Domestic Violence Calls In Beverly Hills
Around 3 p.m., I was walking down Corning near Olympic in 90035 and noticed a police helicopter circling over head and three police cars with their lights flashing. They were tracking a domestic violence call. Some blonde woman had gone … Continue reading
Posted in Beverly Hills, Crime, Persia
Tagged blonde woman, domestic violence, honking, persian jews, police cars, police helicopter
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Morry’s Fireplace Was Off The Hook Thursday Night For Simchat Torah
So I came out of the Happy Minyan about 9:30 p.m. Thursday and walked east on Pico Blvd. I noticed a huge crowd outside Morry’s Fireplace (operated by Aish HaTorah). Aish used some sharp thinking to set up this meeting … Continue reading
Posted in aish hatorah
Tagged anglo saxon, ashkenazi jew, jewish observance, middle easterners, simchat torah, white anglo saxon protestant
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Home Prices Down 25% From 2006 Highs
Home prices in Pico-Robertson are down about 25% from 2006 highs. Overall, real estate in this neighborhood has held up pretty well as more people seek to move in. Rents dipped in the 2008 recession, about 5%, but have overall … Continue reading
Posted in Real Estate
Tagged neighborhood, real estate, recession, rents, tad
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Vote “Jonny Boyer” for Jewish Community Heroes Award!
Julie Boyer writes: Jon has been nominated for the Jewish Community Heroes Award! He’s in it to win it (for our synagogue Happy Minyan) so please go to this link http://www.jewishcommunityheroes.org/nominees/profile/jonny-boyer/ and click “vote”. Anyone, anywhere can vote as many … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Minyan
Tagged boyer, community heroes, jewish community, minyan, peeps
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Is That Part Of Your Homework?
Seen and heard in an Orthodox home. Mom: “Is that your homework? Drawing nudes?” Daughter: “They’re not nudes! They’re just faces.”
Posted in modern orthodox
Tagged home mom, homework, nudes
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The Dramatic Divide Between East And West Of Robertson Blvd
For many decades, respectable people were loathe to travel east of Robertson Blvd. It was the great divide between respectable and dangerous society. East of Robertson, particularly south of 18th Street, you get gangs and crime and violence. West of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged dangerous society, nasty ghetto, orthodox shuls, respectable job, respectable life, robertson blvd
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Brooklyn Water Bagels Now Treif?
The short answer I thought was that the kosher supervisor for Brooklyn Water Bagel is EarthKosher, which is not recognized as a valid kosher supervisor by observant Jews. I was wrong. Keep reading. There’s an Italian pizza place on Pico … Continue reading
Posted in Kosher
Tagged beverly drive, brooklyn, good ear, google, orthodox jews, rabbi, rosh hashana, vegan, yom kippur
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