It was populated with faux yeshivas to get Orthodox Jews out of the Vietnam draft.
By 1980, there were only two Orthodox synagogues in the community — Young Israel of South Beverly Hills and Beth Jacob. There wasn’t a kosher restaurant. There was Pico Kosher Deli (under different manager) which observant people wouldn’t eat in because [...]
I heard Rabbi Mark Mandel may be on his way out of Beth Jacob. Too bad. Rabbi Mandel is a sweetheart. Kind to everyone. A very gentle guy, unfortunately too gentle. His wife is the tough one. This was probably inevitable as he was the last holdover from Rabbi Abner Weiss’s days and his experience [...]
I hear Harkham Hillel’s religious dean Rabbi Boruch Sufrin, Morey Levovitz and current puppet president Fallas are being targeted by current and former employees for work related harrassment issues.
For the upcoming vote on the bylaws board and executive board want parents to vote in the dark like last year by not sending copies of the [...]
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Marjorie Manley (who ran Hillel’s middle school and assisted with admissions) has been shoved into retirement.
Here’s the May 1 letter from Rabbi-Dean Boruch Sufrin that went out to Hillel parents with the announcement.
The Morey Levovitz-Boruch Sufrin wants employees loyal to its vision.
Manley is going to be a witness in the Carmelith Arfa whistleblowing case since [...]
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Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy sent out an email to parents today saying that Got Kosher (which serves Hillel’s lunch program) is filing chapter seven bankruptcy.
Hillel’s rival business partners asked Hillel to choose between them and Hillel blew them both off.
Here’s the email:
Dear Hillel Families,
I am writing to you to inform you that our lunch vendor, [...]
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That’s three lawsuits – but who’s counting? – in the past year according to the LA Superior Court website.
I don’t think the school was sued before this. I don’t think Hillel’s board knows about all these lawsuits.
Hillel’s defacto board president Morey Levovitz has a way of alienating people.
The latest lawsuit I’ve found is by Carmelith [...]
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This case was filed Nov. 20, 2006. It’s documents are publicly available through LASuperiorCourt.org.
The case was dismissed June 12, 2007 after a settlement (the same time that Levovitz was pushing a change to Hillel’s bylaws, this failed).
I wonder how much Hillel paid out to settle with Aviva. Even Hillel’s board does not know.
Alya and Channa [...]
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Joe emails: "Morey Levovitz, Rabbi Baruch Sufrin and now Terry Moore (consultant hired by Morey) hold secret meetings in cooperation with the current school president Michael Fallas. Terry Moore is the consultant who infuriated the parents at the town hall meeting to explain his plan to change the bylaws. His Starbucks comment was: If you [...]
Are they including parking? I heard the donor does not want them to place parking on the lot. Supposedly they would want to build a new sanctuary. But wouldn’t a nursing home be better for the shul’s aging population?
I want to help. Email me suggestions for what Beth Jacob should do with its new lot. [...]
Kasirer was the key informant in the Spinka Hasidim money laundering case.
All those who gave money to the Spinkas and got most of it back along with a 100% tax write-off are going to be investigated by the feds and are likely to feel angry at Kasirer.
Fees are going up 15% in September at [...]
