A synagogue leased its space to a mosque for Ramadan. It lasted a day.

JL;DR SUMMARY In an attempt to foster interfaith cooperation, a Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles leased its space to a mosque for Ramadan, but the arrangement quickly unraveled after the synagogue's congregants learned that Israeli hostage posters had been covered and a controversial speaker had been welcomed. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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