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June 23, 2013

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Jews in Palm Springs--Understanding Hasidic Judaism

There is a large Jewish community in the Coachella Valley, many of whom are Hasidic. The number of Jews in the Coachella Valley, 32,000, makes it one of the largest Jewish communities in the United States. In Palm Desert, anywhere from an eighth to a quarter of the population is Jewish. The breadth of the Jewish community in and around Palm Springs extends from the mostly secular to the strictest of the orthodox, the latter of which is the least understood. Among the Jewish people of the Palm Springs area are the Hasidic Jews , a people who are deeply religious and conservative in dress and culture. Covering the entire body is the norm for both Hasidic men and women, no matter how hot it is. Men wear heavy hats of rabbit fur and long black coats, and women wear long sleeves and skirts that dangle around their ankles. Last summer, in an article about Hasidic Jews, the New York Times writer Joseph Berger proposed that many New Yorkers probably ponder the ...

The Palm Springs Rabbit

Rabbit in Palm Springs If you're a resident of Palm Springs, surely you've seen this type of rabbit. If you live near an area that has any vacant land near or around it, including golf courses, then you know this type of rabbit. They're especially plentiful on the golf courses that extend from Golf Club Drive near Cathedral City to Sunrise in Palm Springs. Perhaps your first guest as to what type of rabbit this is was a jackrabbit . We have those to, but the rabbit in the image above is not a jackrabbit. Its ears and body are too small. Jack rabbits live further into the desert. You might see one in South Palm Springs near Indian Canyons. How about a cottontail rabbit. Were you thinking that? Well...if you were you're close. The rabbit in the image above is a desert cottontail rabbit , pretty common in the Colorado Desert (not Mohave) where we are located. Desert cottontails like to be near golf courses because they eat grass. Their main predator is the coy...

Frank Bogert's Not Sorry

Cowboys, indeed as this tiny town wrastles its demons. There's controversy in the air in Palm Springs from "hypersexed gays" to mayors who won't apologize. First the gays. Robert Julian who's lived here for two years decided he'd delve deep into the gay community here by joining organizations and acting in plays. He became well-known in some circles and well-liked. Then he wrote a book about it all. Some parts of the book were not pretty, so not pretty that the L.A. Times picked up the story, a story which describes elder gays married to lurid sex. Well...so much for gay marriage and a sneaky gay spying on other gays. Next--the mayors who won't apologize. Way back when in the 1960s about 1000 African Americans were forced out of their homes right in the center of Palm Springs, an area of Indian owned land called Section 14. Some of the blacks relocated to the north end of the city and are scared that they'll be moved again because the high brow...

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