Step Into ‘Exodus’ at the Skirball Cultural Center

Published on March 13, 2013

This Passover, to take your first steps toward an L.A. Exodus — fulfilling the haggadah’s edict that each person must see themselves as if they were leaving Egypt — you must first make it up to the Sepulveda Pass.

Carmageddon II: The return of the 405 closure

Published on September 28, 2012

L.A. eruv downed for Yom Kippur

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 20, 2012

Secrets of Success on the 405 (Kosher Sutra: Nitzavim)

By Marcus J Freed
Published on September 13, 2012

[UPDATED] Minus the eruv, no excuses

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 22, 2012

When construction for the widening of the 405 Freeway put the Los Angeles Community Eruv out of operation for Shabbat on June 15, it added some complications to the Sabbath plans of some observant Jewish Angelenos. But probably few more so than Elliot Katzovitz, who was among those involved in designing the eruv about a decade ago.

[UPDATED] Highway construction downs L.A. Eruv for Sabbath

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on June 15, 2012

The Los Angeles Community Eruv, which allows observant Jews to carry items within its restricted boundaries on the Sabbath, will not be in operation on the Shabbat that starts at sundown today, June 15 due to a break caused by construction on the 405 Freeway, according to a posting on the eruv’s website, laeruv.com.

Berman and Sherman vie for credit for 405 expansion

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 19, 2012

Highway construction downs L.A. eruv

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 3, 2011

Zev Yaroslavsky discusses the 405 freeway closure [VIDEO]

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 14, 2011

10 Reasons Why Single People Should Love Carmaggedon

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on July 14, 2011

The Closure

By Rabbi Ilana Grinblat
Published on July 14, 2011

Carmageddon: The world will end

By Steve Greenberg
Published on July 13, 2011

Editorial cartoon

Carmageddon: Hitler is Not Funny

By Ilana Angel
Published on July 11, 2011

Top 10 signs you’re stuck in Carmageddon

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 8, 2011

Accommodating the shut-down, Jewishly

Published on July 5, 2011

Due to road closures during the demolition of the Mulholland Bridge on “Carmageddon” weekend, the two major arts institutions located closest to the bridge — the Getty Center and the Skirball Cultural Center, both in the Sepulveda Pass — will be closed on Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17.

Can an app solve L.A. traffic?

By Orit Arfa
Published on July 5, 2011

While thousands of Angelenos are dreading Carmageddon — the closure of the 405 Freeway for 53 hours — Noam Bardin is looking forward to the challenge. As the CEO of Waze, a community-driven, free GPS application for smartphones, the Israeli-American entrepreneur is the commander-in-car of what his company calls the “Carmageddon Resistance” against the predicted Los Angeles traffic jam of epic proportions.

Massive 405 Freeway project respects the boundaries of a Jewish tradition

Published on July 5, 2011

Like just about everybody else, Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles have their issues with the 405 Freeway widening project. Unlike most people, however, their primary concern is not necessarily the impending closure of a stretch of the freeway on the July 16-17 weekend.