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Tolerance

Tolerance

| November 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

Our front-page story about the legitimate fear being experienced by Jews in our community and around the world cites a number of newspaper stories about specific examples of recent incidents that justify such fear. Not included was a report about the fighting that broke out Nov. 8 at the Museum of Tolerance in West Los […]

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Jewish neighbors feeling threatened

Jewish neighbors feeling threatened

| November 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

Nov. 24 disruptive demonstration at Pan Pacific Park, Grove, Third and Fairfax Local residents, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, have felt significant distress on account of the savage Hamas terrorist attack into Israel on Oct. 7. Rising national and international anti-Semitic rhetoric and actions have people on edge locally. The widely reported anti-Semitic graffiti written on […]

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Dining and meeting neighbors at annual ‘Taste of Larchmont’

Dining and meeting neighbors at annual ‘Taste of Larchmont’

| September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

Diners enjoyed the summer breeze while visiting with new and old friends and sampling a variety of food and drinks at HopeNet’s 31st annual Taste of Larchmont on Sept. 18. Upon entering under a colorful balloon arch by the Larchmont Boulevard clock tower, guests picked up their passports to 19 participating eateries on the Boulevard. […]

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Camel’s nose under the tent: Metro digital billboards throughout our city

Camel’s nose under the tent: Metro digital billboards throughout our city

| September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

The Los Angeles City Planning Commission did a major disservice to good planning in Los Angeles on September 14th. Even though the details of the Planning Department’s staff report made it clear to anyone with an ounce of sense — showing what can result from “precedents” like the billboard industry’s carefully-lobbied plan to install bright […]

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Beautiful art collected by colonizing capitalists is now public’s

Beautiful art collected by colonizing capitalists is now public’s

| September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

Opened last month at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and continuing through March 3, 2024, is a fascinating exhibit of more than 300 artworks, animal and mineral specimens, scientific instruments, books and maps — initially collected by wealthy people across Europe, for their private pleasure, in the 16th and 17th centuries. The […]

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Mayor Bass ‘chat’ is at Ebell Oct. 4

Mayor Bass ‘chat’ is at Ebell Oct. 4

| September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

Homelessness crisis to be addressed by panel Bright and early on Wednesday morning, Oct. 4, at 8 a.m. — at the Ebell of Los Angeles — our readers are invited to meet with Windsor Square neighbors Mayor Karen Bass and Sarah Dusseault and Windsor Village neighbor Jill Bauman. Joining those three women for what is […]

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