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Category Archives: Spinka
The Judas Kiss Before The Spinka Arrests
I hear that most of the members of the Spinka money laundering scam were at a party in Hancock Park on the Saturday night before the arrests. The home? Rabbi(?) Mark Mandelbaum. The arrests went down Sunday. Which other Hancock … Continue reading
‘I am without sin. Point me in the direction of Spinka so that I may throw the first stone.’
From the Chaptzem blog comments: (JJ article) "I am proably with sin as I view myself as a beinoni, and I don’t care since I am Jewish not a Notsri. Let me throw the first stone and the second and … Continue reading
Letter distributed over the weekend to the Los Angeles community
Sent in by a Los Angeles Chaptzem reader: Dear Los Angeles Kehilla member: In reference to self proclaimed Jewish leader Rabbi Meyer May’s public comments regarding the unfortunate Spinka arrest. In your first public statement, regarding the arrest, you announce … Continue reading
Where’s The Buzz About The Jewish Journal’s Spinka Cover Story?
The latest issue of the Jewish Journal features a studious cover story on the Spinka Hasidim money laundering indictment. I’m checking around the blogosphere and the story has created no comment. In shul, nobody talked about it. The piece was … Continue reading
Spinka Rav In Town
I heard that the Spinka rav Naftali Tzi Weisz, after being released on bond erev shabbos stayed in Los Angeles. At Young Israel of Century City, Rabbi Elazar Muskin made an impassioned speech condemning this public desecration of G-d’s name. … Continue reading
Mizrachi Bank’s Los Angeles Rep
From the New York Times: In some cases, the contributions were returned as cash payments through what the government called “an underground money transfer network” involving businesses in and around Los Angeles’s jewelry district, the government said. Three men in … Continue reading