Once upon a time there was a woman named Olivia who was married to her husband Lee.  They lived in Los Angeles in a neighborhood known as Pacific Palisades.  They were blessed to have two sons.  The family joined a Conservative synagogue in west L.A. named Adat Shalom.  Both boys went to the religious school, and they both celebrated their Bar Mitzvah there.  There is a picture of the pious young lads, both wearing tallesim, flanked by their proud parents, in front of the aron kodesh, the holy ark.  Both boys have Hebrew names.  The older brother is Gedalia Yitzchak, the younger brother is Mendel.

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