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munity could heave a collec-
tive silent sign of relief that
its personal and economic
casualties were relatively
low.
After the 1965 Watts riots,
when Jewish-owned and run
markets, liquor stores and
small shops were among the
major targets of the mob's
fury, Jewish businessmen
abandoned stores in the
black and Hispanic inner-
city, where they were
replaced by Korean immi-
grants, who bore the brunt of
the attacks this time.
Although the gangs of
rioters leapfrogged ethnic
neighborhood boundaries to
strike across the sprawling
city, the main Jewish
enclaves of the Westside,
Beverly Hills and the
southern San Fernando
Valley were largely spared.
In the Fairfax district, once
almost entirely Jewish but
now ethnically mixed, the
mood was tense, and heavy
looting and some arson, oc-
curred at the area's southern
edge.
The landmark Canter's
Deli remained open at night
despite the curfew clamped
on the city by Mayor Tom
Bradley, continuing to serve
hot pastrami sandwiches to
Jewish, black and other
customers alike.
Yet there were losses in
life and property.
Howard Epstein, a 45-
year-old businessman,
father of two small children
and former city resident,
flew in from his home in nor-
thern California to see what
was happening to his
machine shop in South Cen-
tral Los Angeles. Enroute to
the shop in a rented car, he
was shot and killed by three
men, who then ransacked
his vehicle and took his per-
sonal belongings.
No figures are available as
yet on the destruction done
to the still substantial Jew-
ish property holdings, most •
administered in absentee
landlord fashion, in the riot-
hit areas.
Among the properties hit
was an $11-million printing
plant that was burned to the
ground. Also known to have
been destroyed was a Jew-
ish-owned shopping center,
some smaller businesses and
some outlets of national
chains. Stores next to the
main Jewish Community
Building on the edge of
Beverly Hills were also van-
dalized, and a passerby was
shot from a car in front of the
building on Thursday.
All Jewish schools and
agencies were closed Friday.
Yet, there was general
agreement that Jewish
targets were not singled out
and that anti-Semitism was
not a noticeable factor in the
rampages. At black chur-
ches and college campus pro-
test rallies, Jewish represen-
tatives were warmly receiv-
ed.
An exception was a claim
by a black probation officer
who appeared on on Ted
Koppel's "Nightline" pro-
gram that he had seen boys
wearing yarmulkes looting a
store. The remark was
greeted with puzzlement
within the Jewish commun-
ity and was not reported by
any other source.
There were also stories of
luck and pluck.
A Jewish businessman
who runs a recreational ac-
tivities service reported that
while most of the adjacent
stores at a shopping mall
were burned down, his facili-
ty was untouched.
The one-story building
housing the weekly Heritage
Southwest Jewish Press,
topped by a 35-foot high elec-
tric sign featuring the Tab-
The landmark
Canter's Deli
remained open at
night despite the
curfew.
lets of the Law in Hebrew
lettering, was bracketed by
fires to the north and south,
but was itself untouched.
Publisher Herb Brin
credited the owner of an ad-
joining gas station, a Chris-
tian Arab from Lebanon,
with saving the structure by
organizing a protective cor-
don of Hispanic men and
women.
Gil Zahavi, the Israeli
owner of a Hollywood
souvenir shop, armed his
employees with four
shotguns and eight hand
guns to keep looters at bay.
Not content with a defensive
posture, Mr. Zahavi's forces
made citizens' arrests of
three vandals, including two
who had burned a nearby
video equipment store.
Eight Ethiopian high
school students from Israel
had just started air long-
planned visits to
predominantly black and
Hispanic high schools in the
city when the riots broke
out. That evening, they at-
tended an interfaith Seder
with a 1,000 minority
students. Their host, the An-
ti-Defamation League., hopes
to resume the interrupted
schedule in a few days.
Opinions among Jewish
leaders varied on what long-
term effect the riots will
have.
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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992