A recent plenary talk at Hillel International’s annual staff conference focussed on considerations of pluralism in the Jewish community. Delivered by Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, on Tuesday at the Hillel International...
At the recent Progressive International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, a casual observer would expect vehicles to be of the two-wheeled variety. However, one would be surprised to find additional wheels on the vehicles present. Amongst the vehicles there were...
A massive motorcycle event, The Progressive International Motorcycle Show stops into Southern California this weekend. On its third out of ten stops throughout the country, the Progressive International Motorcycle Show is taking place in Long Beach this weekend, beginning today...
The Los Angeles Auto Show kicks off tomorrow at the Los Angeles Convention Center and runs through November 29th. While there will be dozens and dozens of automobiles at the LA Auto Show, here are fifteen of them that I...
Last week, on the final day of the fifth-annual Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, one of the panel discussions included one entitled “Who Can Be a Geek? Inclusion in Fandom and the Geek Scene”. Moderated by Bill Watters, the panel featured Rico Anderson,...
This week, a panel discussion in Los Angeles took place concerning a somewhat uncomfortable topic in the entertainment industry. Moderated by Jordan B. Gorfinkel, “Heroes, Villains, Faith and the Messiah”, featured panelists David Sacks, Leo Partible, Jeff Schechter, Lisa Klink,...
“Race and Diversity in Entertainment” was the topic of a panel yesterday at the Los Angeles Convention Center that featured a lot of great conversation in a little bit of time. The panel, which took place at the fifth annual...
With the fascinating feeling of walking into an arena for a beer festival, this past Saturday’s Fourth Annual BierBuzz Masquerade (see here for a post I wrote for BierBuzz) provided attendees with a special experience. In addition to the grand...
A special beer festival will be taking place this weekend in Southern California, allowing attendees to enjoy brews from over 40 different breweries. This Saturday night, the 4th Annual BierBuzz® Masquerade – The Original Costume Craft Beer Festival will be...
This past weekend at the 2015 Orange County International Auto Show, I came across a really neat vehicle; one that certainly seemed quite different than all of the rest. Looking like a little truck, yet advertised as an electric vehicle,...
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