Slavin Library collection dispersal benefits many

Published on June 6, 2013

The 10,000 books, games, CDs and DVDs that once lined the walls of the Slavin Children’s Library at 6505 Wilshire Blvd. are on track to once more be made available to the public later this month.

Bet Tzedek moves east

By Ryan Torok
Published on November 28, 2012

Ever since Bet Tzedek’s inception in 1974, the free legal-services firm has mostly been housed in the heavily Jewish Fairfax district, with additional offices in the San Fernando Valley and the Mid-Wilshire area.

Drawing 1,400, peaceful L.A. pro-Israel rally turns ugly near its end [VIDEO]

By Ryan Torok
Published on November 18, 2012

With an Israeli flag wrapped around him, Rabbi Dov Elkins stood with a crowd outside the Federal building in West Los Angeles on Sunday to participate in a pro-Israel rally.

Fishing in Africa

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on May 2, 2012

To meet Ikal Angelei in a Wilshire Boulevard coffee shop, as I did this week, is to traverse oceans and travel through deserts. Angelei is an activist from Kenya specializing in the geopolitics of water, a 32-year-old powerhouse who just won a highly prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, said to be the “the largest award in the world for grassroots environmentalists.”

UCLA Protesters cause brief traffic closures in Westwood

By Jared Baker
Published on November 9, 2011

Israeli consulate to move to new L.A. location

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 13, 2011

Israel flag flies,  a Czech surprise, voter fraud, bridge to understanding

Published on October 10, 2008

" . . . The blue and white now waves proudly on prestigious Wilshire, along with the Stars and Stripes. And we are all the more enriched for it. Kol hakavod! . . "

Flag Day

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 17, 2008

It's a fact of life: Israel's blue and white is a red flag for the fanatics. Wave it, and they are likely to charge.

Celebration to mark raising of Israeli flag at consulate

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 17, 2008

The blue and white flag with the Star of David will be raised for the first time in front of the Israeli Consulate on Sunday, Sept. 28.

7 Days in The Arts

Published on October 13, 2005

7 Days in the Arts

Zucky’s Counter Culture

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 31, 2005

"Zucky's was designed by Weldon Fulton as a prime example of the Googie or California Coffee Shop Modern architectural genre," Biondo said. "In any remodeling, we want to preserve the main Zucky's signboard, exterior ceramic tiles and stonework, the diagonal treatment along Fifth Street, and the brick wall and window sills."