briefs • Sinai Temple announces it will conduct briefs • Filing period for Board of briefs • Who swabbed same sex marriages, some congregants revolt Page 2 Education elections begins Tuesday Page 4 this week? Page 5 Issue 719 • July 11 - July 17, 2013 In Design The Weekly’s interview with Design Review Commission Chair Ilene Nathan cover story • pages 8-9 women and many other practices the briefs • City Council to draft resolution asking Board briefs • Burberry’s Rodeo Drive briefs • Maple Drive Post of Education to rescind Measure E acceleration Page 2 relocation moves forward Page 3 Office listed for sale Page 3 demand on the part of our brothers and sisters who are gay to be able to live in a sanctified relationship is a call to our con- briefs science and our responsibility as Jews,” Issue 718 • July 4 - July 10, 2013 wrote Wolpe in a letter to the congregation. Sinai Temple announces The clergy of Sinai Temple have decided it will conduct same sex that is in accordance with the halachic prin- ciple of kavod habriot, honor due all God’s marriages, some congregants creation. revolt “I would say the vast majority of respons- Weeks es have been positive,” said Wolpe. “Not prior to the everybody has been happy, some of them Hotel Read this issue on your smart Supreme feel that we ought not to do it, but the vast Management phone by scanning the QR code. Court’s deci- majority of responses has been positive.” The Weekly’s interview with Conference and sion not to Visitor’s Bureau Chair and Beverly Hilton All you need is a QR scanner Among those who feel the temple should General Manager Sandy Murphy application. rule on propo- not conduct same sex marriages is architect sition 8 pav- cover story • pages 8-9 Michael Naim who wrote an open letter to ing the way the Iranian members of Sinai Temple urging WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? for same sex them to attend Iranian synagogues. Receive marriage in “We should not police what people do in Beverly Hills California, the privacy of their home. This is a very pri- You can write us at: Sinai Temple vate matter. That’s not the issue. If people 140 South Beverly Drive #201 Weekly in Rabbi David Wolpe Rabbi David want to have recognition as having a union Beverly Hills, CA 90212 your e-mail Wolpe inbox for whatever reason for tax purposes or an You can fax us at: announced the temple would conduct same emotional need, they should be given the 310.887.0789 every week! sex marriages once it was afforded by right,” said Naim. “But for a rabbi to give California law. Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/zfU-L homosexual relationships Jewish sanctity as email us at: “As we have modernized the role of if it’s sanctified by Torah is an aberration.” [email protected] Naim said his letter came as a result of Commission television schedule conversations with friends who shared his The Cultural Heritage Commission meeting (7/10) will replay on July 11 at 5 p.m. viewpoint on the temple’s decision. Naim The Public Works Commission meeting (7/11) will replay on July 12 at 1 p.m. The said his two letter had been well-received Traffic and Parking Commission meeting (7/11) will air live on July 11 at 9 a.m. and by members of the temple, particularly in replay on July 12 at 3 p.m. and July 15 at 8 p.m. The Planning Commission meeting the Iranian-Jewish community. (7/11) will air live on July 11 at 1:30 p.m. and replay on June 12 at 8 p.m. and July 15 “Kidoushin is the name for wedding and at 5 p.m. All City Commission meetings from the week of July 7 will replay back-to- the translation of it is holiness and sanctity. SNAPSHOT back beginning at noon on July 13. The Architectural Commission meeting will air live Why is it sanctity? Because it is the only on July 17 at 1:30 p.m. time that two people are bound to do some- WeBeverlye Hillskly Issue 719 • July 11 - July 17, 2013 Beverly Hills Weekly Inc. 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Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly Union 76 gas station Susie Hansen Latin Band Cultural Heritage Commission takes up busy agenda The Cultural Heritage Commission discussed seven properties at the commis- Afro-Cuban Salsa and Latin Jazz Band to perform sion’s meeting yesterday. tonight at 6 p.m. Among those discussed for initiation of nomination proceedings is the William L. Concerts on Canon continues tonight featuring the Susie Hansen Latin Band. The Pereira Union 76 station on Crescent Drive and Little Santa Monica. summer concert series will continue every Thursday through August 29. The Cultural Heritage Commission decides whether or not to initiate nomina- The Susie Hansen Latin Band will play a set at 6 p.m. and again at 7:15 p.m. The tion proceedings for properties and then city staff returns to the commission with a band plays familiar and traditional salsa as well as original Salsa and Latin Jazz com- report. The commission will then vote whether or not to nominate the properties as positions, Latin interpretations of American jazz standards, and Cuban “charanga” local landmarks. The City Council has the final decision. music. The commission also discussed Millard Sheets’ murals installed in various areas Concerts on Canon, the City’s free summer concert series, are located in the of the city, as well as the “Writers and Artists building” at 9507 South Santa Monica Beverly Canon Gardens between Bouchon and The Montage Hotel. Boulevard, and the Beverly Gardens Park, scheduled to be renovated later this year. Free parking is available to patrons of the shows. Attendees must get a coupon at The property discussed at 910 North Bedford Drive has been determined as the information table and redeem it for parking in the Beverly Canon Gardens park- eligible for landmark designation by the City’s historic consultant. The property ing structure. has been previously vetted by the commission and at yesterday’s meeting the com- Upcoming concerts include California Feetwarmers on July 18, The Tokens on mission voted on whether to recommend the property as a local landmark. The July 25, and Joyce Marie Quarter on August 1. high-style craftsman architecture property is known as the Anthony-Kerry House The City will also be screening Moulin Rouge on Sunday, July 14 in honor of designed by Greene and Greene. The house was constructed in 1909 near down- Bastille Day at the Beverly Canon Park. Upcoming Sunday movies include Wreck- town Los Angeles and was relocated to Beverly Hills. Silent film star Norman It Ralph on July 28, Enchanted on August 11 and a people’s choice selection on Kerry lived in the property. August 25. The commission also discussed the property located at 724 North Camden Drive. The house, constructed in 1921, is an example of a kit house that had been assem- erly Drive #201 ertises, CA 90212 .887.0788Hills Historic Preservation Facebook page the887.0789 Member Bouchon Bistro Beverly Hills will also have a Bastille Day theme on Sunday. All visitors to Bouchon on Bastille Day will receive a complimentary non-alcoholic bled by Pacific Ready Cut Homes. This property has also been found to be eligible watermelon cocktail. for landmark designation by the City’s historic consultant. For more information, call (310) 285-6830 or visit www.beverlyhills.org/ This property was brought before the commission by Chair Rich Waldow, who BeverlyCanon. was appointed chair of the commission yesterday. The property has a notice of a demolition permit issued. thing that is godly, which is creating anoth- said he is unsure because initial reactions The Saban Theatre, the only property on the National Register of Historic Places, er being. We know that two people who are and long terms decisions do not always that is not yet on the local register applied for a Mills Act contract. of the same sex can’t possibly procreate coincide with long-term decisions. If the commission agreed on the resolution, the item will go to the City Council. and it becomes ridiculous to sanctify such “As time goes by, we see many of the The Mills Act authorizes par ticipating local governments to enter into contracts an action,” said Naim, who said Judaism younger generations graduate from the with owners of qualified historic properties to receive property tax relief by agree- like Christianity and other religions do not [conservative] school system. Few are ing to actively preserve, maintain and rehabilitate historic properties.