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Delijanis put historic theater district back in the spotlight

The classic Los Angeles Theater at Broadway and Sixth Street is not much to look at from the outside — situated alongside a host of busy retail shops, its sidewalk is lined with street vendors selling toys and trinkets. But upon entering the theater\’s French Baroque-style lobby, with its 50-foot ceiling, grand staircase, plush red carpet, detailed fresco paintings, ornate marble fountain and crystal chandeliers, one is immediately transported to a bygone era of opulent, glamorous movie palaces.

PBS documents struggles and successes of U.S. Jewry

Jewish life in North America was nearly aborted before birth when the governor of New Amsterdam sought to expel 23 Brazilian Jews, who landed at the southern tip of Manhattan in 1654.\n\nIn a petition to his superiors at the Dutch West India Company in Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant urged \”that this deceitful race… be not allowed to further infest and trouble the new colony.\”

Huizar Proposal Would Close Razing Loophole

An order to investigate the demolition of a historic Jewish Community Center (JCC) building in Boyle Heights is now on the agenda of the Los Angeles City Council.

Spectator – Fiddle Dee Dee and Oy Vey!

\”Truthfully, my grandfather really was the catalyst for the journey,\” Brian Bain said in a phone conversation from Dallas, where he relocated after his New Orleans home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He was referring to Leonard Bain, a retired traveling hat salesman and silent film editor who was 99, in 2002, when the film was made. The elder Bain has since died at the age of 101.

Vienna Glories in Past and Present

The best way to discover Mozart here might be a night at the Vienna Opera. I was lucky enough to attend a performance of \”The Magic Flute\” during my visit, which was sponsored by Austria Tourism. This was classical Mozart through and through in terms of the music, but the performance was strikingly modern.

Letters

Before we are relegated to yet another historical reference on the Canter\’s mural, let\’s hope the community mobilizes to at least make enough of an effort to slow down the gentrification of the area.

Historically Sacred L.A.

Robert Berger is a third-generation Angeleno who dares to do the unthinkable in Los Angeles. He actually gets out of his car and studies old buildings.

‘Food Maven’ Saves Endangered Recipes

When the El-Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia was bombed by Al Qaeda in 2002, the fragile remnant of a once thriving Jewish community was even further shattered.

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