strong>Dateline Jerusalem — Next step, get an apartment near either of the two Anglo Orthodox shuls (synagogues) in the town I have chosen to live.
It is near one of Israel’s many universities with great transportation, glatt kosher markets and restaurants, and a mixture of religious and secular living together in harmony.
Review: Wait Up Harriet
The deus ex machina in “Wait Up Harriet” makes a near-literal appearance in the story of a depressed widower, a firefighter named Jake (Benfield), presented like Saul on the road to Damascus. The endlessly turning machine of grief, the monumentally dull grind of a grieving character, only shrieks to a stop when the screenwriters drag in religion. But not only religion. As Jake isn’t initially convinced by the bribe to believe in God to avoid everlasting hellfire and receive, instead, a happy and heavenly reunion with his dead wife, he is subjected to a mystical dream experience to drive home the epiphany. It’s theologically silly, convincing only to the already convinced, and it involves the inevitable angry-at-God cliché defined by a whiny “Why, God, why? You abandoned me! You suck!” But worse yet, it’s a cop-out for screenwriter Hanna Eichler, who struggles to pull Jake out of his deep, deep funk only to get mired in the quicksand of a drab character portrait and magical problem solving.
Sadly, the lately expanding dourness of City Councilman Gary Silbiger never seems to need a rest.
Even in an intimate setting, by-invitation-only, his personal storm clouds are unrelieved.
At last night’s farewell dinner at The Culver Studios for the three departing members of the City Council, there were 18 guests, 17 of whom reported having a rollicking good time.
[Editor’s Note: One of Culver City’s leading citizens could not resist a reply to Dr. Hoult’s latest, directly below.]
Janet Hoult isn't the only poet in town:
I listened to the droning
I sat amidst the groaning
I heard some folks bemoaning
Who cares, they live in Los Angeles anyway
Anon
[Editor’s Note: These poetic musings are deemed appropriate as activists sift through their thoughts following this week’s approval of the Entrada Tower Office plan.]
I went to a meeting the other day
Of a group of citizens involved in a fray
Over redevelopment that causes strife
And interferes with our daily life.
Seven months after filing for bankruptcy protection, the 85-year-old Brotman Medical Center is stumbling through yet another death-bed experience.
Poised at the ledge of a cliff with a fatal dropoff, the question of most concern to Culver City residents is:
Will the only hospital in the immediate area beat death again?
Those of us who love Culver City are aware of the climate of change we are facing today.
How do we hold on to all that is lovely and traditional about our city while making room for necessary growth and development?
What kind of Culver City do we envision for tomorrow?
Re ‘In a Few Days, Stellar, Which Has Been Stellar, Will Enter Hardware Heaven,’ April, 16
It is with great regret that we learn of the loss of Stellar Hardware, a great institution from the hip place to walk, shop and taste.
But from the bottom of my heart, as the past Chair of the Downtown Business Assn., I want to thank Rob, Jack and all of the staff for their dedication to the Downtown project.
Possibly no one else on the sidelines but City Councilman-elect Andy Weissman more intensely tracked the mesmerizing mental machinations of the last two heart-stopping days at City Hall.
Like other insiders, Mr. Weissman wondered what the final score would be, who would be for, who would be against.
Although residents who were hardline opponents of the Entrada Office Tower were unshakably convinced the City Council vote was etched in dry cement even before anyone spoke, that was not true.
I’m a long term Culver City resident concerned about the impending increase in our traffic if the Entrada Tower were built.
At first glance, the Sepulveda Corridor might be expected to carry the brunt of the increase. But, I believe the problem is more extensive in scope and insidious in its impact on our lives.
