Ralphs adds kosher mart

Published on February 13, 2013

At 8 a.m. on Feb. 6, a sizable space inside the enormous and newly remodeled Ralphs at Third Street and La Brea Avenue became the Hancock Park-La Brea neighborhood’s newest kosher market. As the Los Angeles High School Marching Band played, speeches were made ,and checks were presented to neighborhood schools, including Fairfax High School, John Burroughs Middle School and Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov Ohr Eliyahu. Meanwhile, men in kippot and women in sheitels (wigs), berets and scarves appeared proud, excited — and a little anxious.

Jewish community member dies in car accident

By Ryan Torok
Published on November 23, 2011

Mayor: Building inspectors need better training, increased sensitivity -- and no more Yom Kippur showdowns

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 24, 2008

Korobkin, the Yavneh spiritual leader, said he was very pleased with the mayor's recommendations and that the fault for last year's incident lay mainly in the way DBS was structured, as well as a certain lack of sensitivity.

Rebbe Road

By David Suissa
Published on January 31, 2008

If the great Maimonides ever came back to life and found himself in Los Angeles, chances are he'd look for a house on a small street called Detroit, between Oakwood Avenue and Beverly Boulevard, one block west of La Brea Avenue. There are no holier streets in Los Angeles.

This little discovery happened thanks to my 10-year-old daughter, Mia, who informed me recently that she had volunteered me to be a driver for her upcoming class outing. Little did I know what kind of class outing it would be: a minitour of a very Jewish neighborhood -- not my neighborhood of Pico-Robertson, but the neighborhood of Hancock Park.

The Yavneh incident was stupid but not quite anti-Semitic

By Michael Berenbaum
Published on October 11, 2007

Last month, Kol Nidrei services on the evening of the Day of Atonement held at a local Hancock Park yeshiva were interrupted by the government officials pressing a zoning violation. It was an act of stupidity and insensitivity, not anti-Semitism.

Briefs: Yavneh wants city to investigate Kol Nidrei incident; Congressmembers slam Moran for 'Jewish influence' comment

Published on October 4, 2007

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City Building & Safety inspectors briefly interrupt Kol Nidrei services at Hancock Park shul

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 24, 2007

Was the incident an unfortunate bureaucratic foul-up or a malicious anti-Semitic act?

Hancock Park Infighting Escalates

By Julie G Fax
Published on April 13, 2006

Smoldering tensions between the Orthodox community and other Hancock Park residents, many of them also Jewish, are heating up anew, as a battle over neighborhood architecture has divided along lines of religious affiliation.

An Ugly Day in the Neighborhood

By Julie G Fax
Published on March 2, 2006

Today, contentious issues and tough questions persist. Aside from continuing enmity over the election, residents are battling in court over the construction of a synagogue on a busy residential street. And an Orthodox school and its neighbors are testing just how far they can push each other.

Shul’s Stormy Saga

By Julie G Fax
Published on March 2, 2006

Etz Chaim, for its part, is arguing that the settlement is valid, that it did not violate the settlement and, that, in any case, federal law exempts it from zoning regulations.

Class Notes - Solar-Powered Yeshiva

By Julie G Fax
Published on December 1, 2005

In what sounds like a page out of "Star Trek," Yeshivat Yavneh in Hancock Park installed a 73-kilowatt photovoltaic solar array to generate energy that will cut both costs and the environmental impact of a traditional electric power supply.

Hancock Park Shul War Back in Court

By Julie G Fax
Published on August 21, 2003

The rabbi of a small, embattled congregation is charging that anti-Semites and self-hating Jews are using zoning laws to get Orthodox Jews out of Hancock Park as an epic eight-year legal battle heads back to court.

No Guests Allowed

By Mike Levy
Published on September 6, 2001

Three little words. That's what makes the difference between a religious school and a synagogue, as recently defined by the Los Angeles Central Area Planning Commission.

The five-member Planning Commission, responsible for zoning decisions in Hollywood, Hancock Park and other neighborhoods, made its decision Aug. 28 in a hearing regarding Yavneh Hebrew Academy.

In April, Yavneh had submitted an application for a number of changes to the K-8 school's zoning conditions, including adding a ninth grade for girls and allowing prayer services Saturday mornings. In June, after consulting with nearby residents, traffic consultants and architects, Associate Zoning Administrator Dan Green approved all but one of Yavneh's proposed changes. The request "to authorize Saturday prayer for students, parents, relatives and other guests" was denied.

The Apartment

Published on July 24, 1997

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