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Category Archives: San Francisco
Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco Orthodox Shul Plans $4.5 Million Building Renovation and Partial Redesign
Congregation Chevra Thilim, which describes itself as "San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation," has launched a $4.5 million fundraising drive to renovate, partially redesign and upgrade its large sanctuary and social hall. The project also includes plans for new classrooms as … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Chabad, Conservative Judaism, Hasidim, Orthodoxy, San Francisco, Synagogue, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Beth Sholom, Congegation Chevra Thilim, fundraising, redesign, renovation, upgrade
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Berkeley Orthodox Mohel Is Ill
I received the following email from the Berkeley Beit Midrash: Dear Friends, As Rosh HaShana approaches and we reflect on the many blessings of our lives and the opportunities to effect positive change in the world, please consider the needs … Continue reading
Posted in Mohel, San Francisco
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Searching For The Big O
This sounds a lot like morning services at my yoga center: At 7 a.m. each day, as the rest of America is eating Cheerios or trying to face gridlock without hyperventilating, about a dozen women, naked from the waist down, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Orthodoxy, Rabbis, San Francisco, Sex
Tagged dozen women, hyperventilating, jewish couples, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, sexual adventure, venerable history, waist down, yoga center, zen community
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San Francisco Intellectual Stephen Fowler Outrages America On ‘Wife Swap’
Here is the show on YouTube: Here is the Fox News report. Here’s a Stephen Fowler Sucks website. From the San Francisco Chronicle: Since the Jan. 30 episode in which the Noe Valley resident was filmed verbally demeaning Gayla Long, … Continue reading
Posted in San Francisco
Tagged cell phone number, clean freak, extreme lifestyle, fox news, outrages, San Francisco, san francisco chronicle, stephen fowler, wife swap
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Party Now…Repent Later!
From an ad for a JDate San Francisco party (emailed me by Yisroel Pensack): Party Now…Repent Later! Let it all out at our S.F. pre-High Holy Days 40 + bash! Sugar Cafe 679 Sutter St. (at Taylor) San Francisco, CA … Continue reading
Posted in JDate, San Francisco
Tagged brilliant lighting, cocktail attire, high holy days, intimate cafe, JDate, sutter st
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New SF Hebrew School
Dan Pine writes for JewishSF.com: Rabbi Daniel Rabin loves to share memories of growing up Jewish in Johannesburg. He says the warmth, the close-knit community and the strong sense of tradition all typify the South African Jewish experience. That’s exactly … Continue reading
Posted in San Francisco
Tagged elementary hebrew, kosher food industry, pretoria south africa, rabin family, san francisco institution, south african style
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Agriprocessors Fallout?
Yisroel writes: "I think the deli owner and operators are young Lubavitchers from NY." According to SFNewYorkDeli.com: "Welcome to the S.F. New York Deli. Here is our unique style blend of the real New York Deli experience and San Francisco. … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Kashrut, San Francisco
Tagged beit midrash, deli experience, favorite city, kosher deli, new york deli, york staff
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San Francisco Getting An Eruv
An eruv, usually a thin wire placed around a community, allows observant Jews to carry on the Sabbath and other Jewish holy days. All of San Francisco’s important Orthodox rabbis have come together to construct an eruv in the city. … Continue reading
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