From that beginning, the big question concerns the divisions within the Jewish community: who decides what being Jewish is all about, from the extremes of accepting anyone who self-identifies as a Jew or to the orthodox view of Jewish matrilineal inheritance.
The enormous new hotel being built in downtown Los Angeles will be an InterContinental, its developers announced Tuesday. The nearly 900-room hotel will be the heart of a skyscraper called Wilshire Grand, soon to be the tallest building in the West at 73 stories. The tower set to open in 2017 will also have several floors of office space for rent and ground-level shops and restaurants.
Rooms in both wings were completely renovated in 2006-2007. The entry-level Moderate rooms are 385 square feet, slightly larger than those at the Beverly Hilton (350 square feet), but smaller than those at the Peninsula (480 square feet). However, the hotel has only five Moderate rooms, and they book up fast. Guests are more likely to get a Superior room, which costs a bit more and is larger (400 square feet). Most of the extra square footage is in the bathroom, which has a separate shower and tub, not the Moderate Room's shower/tub combo.