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.
The five-story Renaissance Boca Raton, A Marriott Lifestyle Hotel has 189 rooms that feature contemporary furniture, new carpeting, plush linens and state-of-the-art lighting. You can sprawl out on a thick mattress made up with crisp cotton sheets and fluffy pillows. Rooms also include sofa beds, granite bathrooms and designer bath amenities.