“Everybody loves pot.” So says Ed Rosenthal, legalization activist and longtime elder statesman of California’s cannabis scene. He sees federal legislation to legalize the drug as inevitable because that’s what the public — and the market — want, even if many politicians haven’t accepted it yet. “Cannabis is more popular than any politician,” he said…
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Q&A: How a retired stockbroker became the ‘Spinning Rabbi’
Fred Fox thought he wanted to grow up to be a rabbi, comedian, therapist or entertainer. Instead, he became a stockbroker in his native New York City. Now…
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12,000 Olympic pins: Inside a Jewish philanthropist's collection
Sid Marantz loves tradition so much that he spent 20 years as a board member of his family’s Los Angeles synagogue. So it’s a big deal that he isn’t in…
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My Saturdays with Betty, Barbie and Mighty Mouse
Growing up, I watched Betty Boop and Mighty Mouse cartoons every Saturday morning. Then I played with my Barbie dolls all afternoon. And for a break, I…
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California’s broken nursing home system broke my heart
Prayers and thoughts, prayers and thoughts. I could paper the walls with them. But while enduring an eight-week, full-frontal immersion course in…
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My face has gone to the dogs
When I was a child, my Uncle George would grab my cheeks so hard I thought he’d lift me off the ground. “Such a shayna punim” he’d exclaim with joy.…
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I just found out I have cataracts. Here’s what I’ve learned.
At my recent optometry appointment, I was told I have early cataracts and that cataract surgery could be indicated in 10 years. Many of my patients have…
Seniors
New Reutlinger garden an inviting, safe place for seniors
With the pandemic easing and warm weather arriving, the residents of Reutlinger Community will be getting outside more often. And when they do, they will…
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Bay Area survivor ‘speechless’ after learning how she was saved
This article was originally published in London’s Jewish Chronicle, and is reprinted with permission. A Holocaust survivor whose desperate mother placed…