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Yom Kippur Raid Roils Staid L.A. Neighborhood
Forward ^ | 10/4/7

Posted on 10/04/2007 4:13:39 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker

...two inspectors for the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety arrived unannounced at the Yavneh Hebrew Academy in Hancock Park, where some 200 students and parents were attending a Kol Nidre service. The inspectors attempted to halt the service, saying that it was in violation of the school’s conditional use permit,...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: historyrhymes; lunaticfringe; wtf

1 posted on 10/04/2007 4:13:41 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
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To: NativeNewYorker
but they were rebuffed by a cadre of worshippers, and the service continued.

Hopefully next time the drones of the state won't show up with weapons.

2 posted on 10/04/2007 4:28:20 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (life is like "a bad Saturday Night Live skit that is done in extremely bad taste.")
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To: NativeNewYorker

>>“These are people with basically no rational basis for wanting to restrict Yavneh from having religious services,” said Steve Usdan, a Yavneh board member who has three children at the school. “But they constantly argue for that restriction, which leads one to the conclusion that in the absence of some rational concern, they may object to Orthodox Jews praying in their neighborhood.”>>

Amazing!!!!
Hello, it’s 2007, we’re suppose to be past this crap.


3 posted on 10/04/2007 4:29:09 AM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time .)
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To: NativeNewYorker

I’m getting a little fed up with petty bureaucrats telling us we can’t pray and then bending over backwards to accomodate muzzies whose only goal in life is to see us dead.


4 posted on 10/04/2007 4:32:39 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Before the government can give you a dollar it must first take it from another American)
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To: NativeNewYorker

i think the it makes the mayor look good (strong response), which helps hillary, and so the whole thing is now a bit more suspect, as being possibly scripted. You know, out in LA, they understand mass-market drama.


5 posted on 10/04/2007 4:40:49 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (life is like "a bad Saturday Night Live skit that is done in extremely bad taste.")
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To: NativeNewYorker

Try that at a mosque sometime.


6 posted on 10/04/2007 4:43:18 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really needed?)
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To: NativeNewYorker
According to the LA Times, other residents of the upscale neighborhood are objecting to an influx of Orthodox Jews with large families.

Seems like the service was in violation of the homeowners association rules about conducting activities after 8pm

7 posted on 10/04/2007 4:54:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625

Paint “JUDEN” on the building to mark it


8 posted on 10/04/2007 4:56:40 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: NativeNewYorker; Alouette

Ping through clenched teeth.


9 posted on 10/04/2007 5:34:51 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
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To: PapaBear3625

Somehow I don’t think cops would try to break up, say, a midnight mass held in a like location.


10 posted on 10/04/2007 6:04:40 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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