Today on Melrose Ave, a man punched a visibly Jewish child in the face while he was playing on scooters with his friends. A friend of mine confronted him before he was arrested and another man came to the guy’s defence and said he wanted to kill the boy’s entire Jewish family.

This is not normal. The regularity of these types of attacks is not normal. In broad daylight. Sharing these images with permission. The boy in the blue shirt was attacked.

Today Instagram has removed two of my stories about instances of antisemitism for “violating community guidelines”. The Social Media Pogrom might piss you off as a phrase but why aren’t you mad about this?

5. The week's best religion reads include stories by Adelle Banks, Maria Abi-Habib, Andre Paultre, Megan Botel, Mark A. Kellner, Debbie Kelley, Danae King, Peggy Fletcher Stack, Bob Smietana and Liam Adams. religionunplugged.com/news/2021/08/2…

They are going into Executive session 😡

Today's vote to progress the investigation into the SBC’s sexual abuse crisis is happening because of the survivors who have been relentlessly telling their stories for years. Latest for The Lily Hannah-Kate Jules Woodson #churchtoo #SBCtoo thelily.com/these-women-sa…

From The Lily: These women say they were sexually abused by Southern Baptist leaders. Now they’re forcing a reckoning. wapo.st/2VXx4zG

🎙️#HowToLA Ep. 12 - The Neighborhood: Little Tokyo 🗼 Today we’re checking out Little Tokyo, where we’ll learn how its art, food, and community advocacy make it such a special place. Oh, btw have you tried #Takoyaki? Bomb. Listen now: link.chtbl.com/howtola?sid=tw…

Evan Jacoby made me Bird to work (mid city to Pasadena)…and it was kinda fun. Check out our episode on being car-less in LA!

Today is the launch of Buying Time on Audible UK 🎧! It's the result of a year-long investigation by Frank Swain Frank Swain has left the building into a company on a mission to cure ageing. Listen here > audible.co.uk/buyingtime

A furnished Bel Air home went on Zillow today for $29,500 / month. A few months ago, it was asking $15,900. I called up the agent. She said she told her client to re-list the home after this week's L.A. fires. "People are desperate," she said. "You can probably get good money."

The BEST news! Fire victim Casey Colvin, whose home burned down in the Palisades Fire, just found and reunited with his dog, Oreo, who spent 5 nights surviving amidst the rubble ❤️ NBC News