Museum of too much tolerance?

By David Suissa
Published on May 8, 2008

Should the Museum of Tolerance tolerate parties and simchas in a place that commemorates the death of 6 million Jews?

Debate on ‘minorities’ law worries Turkey’s Jews

By Yigal Schleifer
Published on December 7, 2006

Jewish and Christian leaders were optimistic when the Turkish Parliament began debating a bill regulating minority foundations and organizations.The draft version -- part of a reform effort driven by Turkey's bid for European Union membership -- contained provisions making it easier for minority groups to operate and reacquire properties that had been confiscated by the state. But after a heated debate on the measure, with many parliamentarians objecting to its liberal approach, the version that passed Parliament offered little improvement over the past.

Santa Monica apartment building at center of battle receives ‘landmark’ status

By Jane Ulman
Published on November 22, 2006

The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, in opposition to an unambiguous recommendation by the city's Planning Division to deny landmark status to the contested Teriton apartment building at 130-142 San Vicente Blvd., voted unanimously in favor of designating the building a landmark.The 7-0 vote at the commission's regularly scheduled Nov. 13 meeting at Santa Monica City Hall marked a victory for tenants of the 28-unit, three-story garden apartment in their very public battle with a nonprofit religious organization, Or Khaim Hashalom, which purchased the building in April.