Doikayt in Los Angeles
Why Los Angeles? Well, I live in Los Angeles, the infamous West Side in fact, so it's the part of SoCal I'm familiar with right now. Maybe 30 years ago I knew San Diego, but a lot has likely changed since then. So what's here? What's here anyway? Well, I'm glad you asked! LA is known for its beaches, it's terrain, hiking, the movie industry, The Valley, heat, traffic, and lots of small barely connected enclaves of life. The traffic does make it much harder to have a coherent singular experience, but, well, we also have nearly 4 million people in the city alone, and over 18 million in the statistical area. And we have impassible streets and highways, narrow passes between regions, a lot of desolate land, and every kind of Jew you can imagine. We also have several Jewish organizations working on different aspects of community and exploring how to live as Jews. There's Der Nister , a secular/religious community in Downtown that's rapidly growing and becomi...