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Los Angeles, California · Los AngelesWhen African Americans migrated west, L.A. was wide open, a physical and spiritual landscape with space to build the social order anew.See the Story
Contributor: Los Angeles' Azusa Street Revival Remade Democracy Once. Its Lessons Apply Today
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Judaism · GazaIn 1942, Rabbi Henry Barnston retired from Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, Texas. Barnston’s young assistant rabbi Robert Kahn was the obvious candidate to replace him. But leading temple members scuttled the hire because Kahn was a Zionist: He supported the project to create a Jewish state in British-controlled Palestine. To make their objections crystal clear, Beth Israel’s lay leaders went further and authored a list of anti-Zionist “Bas…Read Article
Southern Jews Have Always Debated Zionism
Olympics · Los AngelesThis show must not go on. It’s time, right now, for greater Los Angeles to halt all preparations to host the 2028 Summer Olympics. Let’s step away, and turn over these Games to a world city better positioned to host them. Not because we don’t love the Olympics. We are a proud Olympic city, shaped by the 1932 and 1984 Games. In normal times, our incomparable international connections, entertainment assets, and sports facilities would allow us to …See the Story
