Scraping the sky in upscale Tel Aviv

By Meredith Price
Published on October 26, 2012

As Yigal Zemah, CEO of Berggruen Residential, stands on the seventh floor of the new Meier-on-Rothschild skyscraper set in the epicenter of Tel Aviv at 36 Rothschild Blvd., a wide smile crosses his face.

Jewish activists seize buildings on Jordanian border

Published on December 13, 2011

Jewish activists seized several buildings near the border with Jordan to protest its interference in Temple Mount affairs.

Briefs: Survey to catalog landmark Boyle Heights buildings to prevent destruction; Chabad expands on West Coast

Published on March 8, 2007

Briefs

Another Jewish Landmark Faces Demolition

By Idan Ivri
Published on May 12, 2005

Men slowly arrange scattered clothes into a makeshift tent on the front steps of 126 N. St. Louis St. A few windows in the building's powder-blue facade are broken; an old chimney stains a sliver of the north wall black.

Today, the anonymous building is one among thousands that dot the Los Angeles cityscape, but in the 1930s and 1940s, the Vladeck Center was the secular heart of Jewish Boyle Heights. The building was a base for the Workmen's Circle and the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, as well as the founding location of the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC).

The Vladek Center's history was unearthed last year, half a century after most of Los Angeles' Jewish community moved west, when the city began moving forward with plans to demolish the building for an expanded Hollenbeck Police Station. Getting the city to alter course seems a tall order, but the planned demolition has attracted critical attention.

Mojitos and Matzah Balls in Havana

By Larry Luxner
Published on November 6, 2003

Care for an authentic Cuban mojito at the L'chaim bar? How about Israeli salad, matzah ball soup and cheese blintzes?

They're all now on the menu at the Hotel Raquel, Cuba's first boutique hotel catering specifically to adventurous Jewish tourists.

Building the Perfect Painting

By Michael Aushenker
Published on September 25, 2003

For local artist Rebecca Levy, building a body of work literally begins with the building. "Each one is different and has a charm of its own,"

Community Designs

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 18, 2001

Although he owns more than 11 million square feet of office space, Charles S. Cohen is not your typical New York real estate mogul.