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Category Archives: San Francisco
Wearing The Best Dresses
Jane emails: Spring is here and summer is on it’s way, are you and your closet prepared? The hottest trends are just around the corner and I’m here to tell you about a few trends that are already hot and … Continue reading
Posted in San Francisco
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Yisroel Pensack: None Dare Call It Conservadox
Practically around the corner from where I live is a big old synagogue called Congregation Chevra Thilim that describes itself as “San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation.” Chevra Thilim is currently undergoing a $1.6-million, months-long renovation, upgrade and expansion of its social hall building, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Conservative Judaism, Conservatives, Dovid Eliezrie, Judaism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, San Francisco, Synagogue, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged "politically incorrect" blessings, $1.6 million, building on shabbos, burials, chabad lubavitch, congregation beth sholom, Congregation Chevra Thilim, Conservadox, David Kimel, gil student, kohanim, meis mitzvah, R. David Eliezrie, R. Shimon Margolin, R. Shlomo Zarchi, R. Yosef Langer, social hall, yetzer hara
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San Francisco Orthodox Jews Are Unique
How do I count the ways? Even for many identifying Orthodox Jews in the Bay Area, being a leftist is more important than being Jewish. Heshy Fried elaborates: * The Gender Neutral Bencher * Kosher weddings with treife wine * … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, San Francisco
Tagged being jewish, compost, heshy, kosher weddings, orthodox jews
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Yisroel Pensack: Work to Begin Tomorrow on $1.6 Million Upgrade of San Francisco Orthodox Synagogue’s Social Hall Building
Congregation Chevra Thilim, which describes itself as “San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation,” has announced that construction will begin tomorrow on a $1.6 million project to renovate and upgrade its large social hall building. The project, expected to be mostly completed by next September in time for Rosh Hashanah, will include a new floor and ceiling, a … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, San Francisco, Synagogue, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged $1.6 million, Congregation Chevra Thilim, social hall, upgrade
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Yisroel Pensack: A Timely Tax Alternative Surfaces Amid U.S. Fiscal Stalemate
The New York Times is running a feature today on Henry George, the 19th-century political economist, [who] spent his seminal years in San Francisco. He is no longer a household name, and his “land-value taxation” theory is probably among the … Continue reading
Posted in California, Henry George, New York Times, San Francisco, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Bay Citizen, Elizabeth Lesly Stevens, fiscal stalemate, Georgism, Joshua Vincent, land value tax, leo tolstoy, monopoly, property taxes, Prophet of San Francisco, Proposition 13, single-tax principle, Sun Yat-Sen, tax policy, Willie L. Brown Jr., winston churchill
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Will San Francisco Wake Jews Up To The Dangers Of The Left?
Dennis Prager writes: If San Francisco succeeds in banning circumcision, some good may come of it. Let me explain. I am a passionate advocate of Jewish ritual circumcision — the ritual circumcision of 8-day-old Jewish boys. I am even an … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, San Francisco
Tagged brit milah, Dennis Prager, jewish ritual circumcision, male circumcision, passionate advocate, world health organization
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Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco ‘Chabad House’ Averts Foreclosure
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
Posted in Chabad, Charity, San Francisco, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged foreclosure, property tax, Rabbi Ahron Hecht, Richmond Torah Center
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Yisroel Pensack: Longtime Editor-Publisher of Northern California’s ‘j.’ Weekly to Retire
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
Posted in Health, Jewish Journalism, San Francisco, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged editor and publisher, j, Jewish news weekly, luke ford, Marc S. Klein, northern california, Northern California Jewish Bulletin, retirement
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San Francisco Is A Tough Place To Be An Orthodox Jew
Heshy Fried blogs: “San Francisco isn’t like other cities, for a city its size it has a dismal amount of Jewish services for the observant folks. It has two kosher restaurants and a butcher, one of the kosher restaurants is … Continue reading
Posted in Heshy Fried, San Francisco
Tagged heshy, jewish services, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, mikvah, orthodox jew
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Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu Dies at 81
The Telegraph.co.uk ran an obituary of former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, Mordechai Eliyahu: Mordechai Eliyahu, who died in Jerusalem on June 7 aged 81, was a former Chief Rabbi of Israel (“Rishon Le’Zion”) and a spiritual leader of the … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Tagged chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel, dayan, Magain David Sephardim Congregation, Mordechai Eliyahu, obituary, Porat Yosef yeshiva, R. Eliahu Shalom Ezran, rishon lezion
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