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  • Eric Garcetti, L.A.'s First Elected Jewish Mayor, Will Take His Oath On A Christian Bible

    06/26/2013 10:15:42 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 68 replies
    LA Weekly ^ | Tue., Jun. 25 2013 | Gene Maddaus
    Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti still has a lot of decisions to make about his upcoming inauguration. Should he sit in with Moby, or would that be too show-offy? Which food truck should he hit first? But one decision seems to have been made. Garcetti -- L.A.'s first elected Jewish mayor -- will take his oath on a Christian Bible. His spokesman, Diego de la Garza, said the Bible belonged to Garcetti's Catholic grandmother. As a candidate, Garcetti often noted that he would be the first elected Jewish mayor in the city's history. (One was appointed in the 1870s.) However, his heritage...