Category Archives: Yisroel Pensack

Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco ‘Chabad House’ Averts Foreclosure

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Yisroel Pensack

A San Francisco Chabad center and synagogue that was recently the focus of a fund appeal letter seeking to raise $55,000 by June 9 is now “out of the foreclosure” process, according to Rabbi Ahron Hecht, the center’s director. “I am now working … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: Heat From Ex-Porn Star Connection May Cook Weiner

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Yisroel Pensack

Celebrity news website TMZ.com is running a story which, if true, could put Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) political career to bed for awhile. In an article headlined “Weiner Told Porn Star to Lie, Offered PR Help,” TMZ says “Weiner and former porn star Ginger … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: Longtime Editor-Publisher of Northern California’s ‘j.’ Weekly to Retire

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Yisroel Pensack

Marc S. Klein, longtime editor and publisher of San Francisco-based  j., the Jewish news weekly of Northern California, is planning to retire. “I’ll be leaving probably sometime in the fall. I’m exhausted…I asked to leave and the board made it possible,” Klein … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: ‘Class Warfare’ Erupts in Egypt Over Rich-Poor Divide

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Yisroel Pensack

The popular uprising against the regime of Egypt’s dictator President Hosni Mubarak has given way to “class warfare” in some areas of that nation, according to a New York Times report by David D. Kirkpatrick and Mona El-Naggar: CAIRO — … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: Barack and Mubarak Were on Top of the World Trade Center; Mubarak Fell Off — Who Was Left?

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Yisroel Pensack

In an article on the Egyptian crisis headlined “Obama Presses for Change but Not a New Face at the Top,” David E. Sanger and Helene Cooper of The New York Times report: WASHINGTON — President Obama’s decision to stop short, … Continue reading →

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