Tatiana Siegel Members of Hollywood’s Jewish community are on edge and vowing to mobilize in the wake of a pro-Palestinian protest outside of a Pico Boulevard synagogue over the weekend that turned violent.
The protest, which blocked the entrance of Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood on Sunday morning, resulted in a chaotic free-for-all, with at least one person hospitalized.
The incident has sparked an uproar among some industryites, who feel the protestors crossed a red line when they converged outside of a house of worship.
The melee, which began as a protest decrying an Israeli real estate seminar held inside the Orthodox synagogue and later drew pro-Israel counterprotestors, resulted in one arrest, though investigations are ongoing.
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