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Despite neighbor’s complaints, Chabad expansion approved by L.A. City Council

Chabad of North Hollywood, an Orthodox congregation in Sherman Oaks whose expansion project set off a four-year dispute with a group of neighbors unhappy about the proposed new building’s size, returned to the Los Angeles City Council on June 27 for a second time to seek approval for the plans for their now partially built 12,000-square-foot new home.

Op-Ed: Netanyahu’s choice

The State of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are fast approaching a fork in the road.

Neighbors oppose Chabad expansion on Pico

Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin, head of Chabad of California, has a dream — a block-long, five-story \”village\” on Pico Boulevard that would provide a girls day school and boarding school along with affordable, safe housing for Holocaust survivors and other elderly people and for teachers with large families.

Museum of Tolerance expansion plans controversy continues at City Hall

A long-running dispute between homeowners and the Simon Wiesenthal Center\’s Museum of Tolerance (MOT) and Yeshiva of Los Angeles (YOLA) entered a more formal stage last week, with a hearing by the Los Angeles City Planning Department on Oct. 24 at City Hall.

Cool Songs? It’s a Miracle!

The popular Jewish online dating site expanded its search capabilities this month to allow gay men — and also lesbians — to seek matches. The Web site now asks people for their gender and the gender they\’re searching, allowing men to search for men and women to search for women.

Hooray for Holy-wood

But perhaps a better reflection of Los Angeles\’ overall civic health might be to look at Temple Israel in Hollywood. There, a $20 million new building program — this being Los Angeles, an expanding parking lot is one centerpiece — will soon be tearing down aging adjacent apartments to make way for an expanded campus, including a new education complex and chapel.

Where the End Justifies the Beans

Businessman Allen Gochnour is a regular at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on La Cienega Boulevard, and like many of the people who wait in the line that often stretches out the door, he\’s not just there to grab a cup of java and run.

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