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Category Archives: Rabbis
How Do LA’s Orthodox Rabbis Determine Their Moral Priorities?
All three Modern Orthodox shuls in Pico-Robertson — Bnai David-Judea, Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Century City — email their members to regularly rally outside the home of Meir Kin’s parents to protest his refusal to give a Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Meir Kin, Pico/Robertson, Rabbis, RCC
Tagged Beth Jacob, divorce case, jewish divorce, moral priorities, orthodox shuls, YICC, Young Israel
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The Streits Matza Controversy
David Deutsch writes for Heeb Magazine’s blog Jewdar: Let’s first of all get some conflict of interest issues out of the way: Yes, Streit’s has been a longtime advertiser in Heeb. And yes, Heeb‘s own associate director of business David … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged rabbi moshe, rabbinical council of america, soloveichik, streits matzo, vaad harabonim, Young Israel
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The Talmudic Encylopedia Head Dead At 96
(IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner, the long-time Director of the monumental Talmudic Encyclopedia project, passed away early Monday morning at the age of 96. Born in Warsaw in 1913, the deceased was the scion of rabbinical families in Europe. Even his … Continue reading
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Tagged early monday morning, jewish medical ethics, kol nidrei prayer, rabbi meir, rabbi shlomo, rabbi yehoshua
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Tough Time On The Rabbinic Job Market
I sympathize with our future moral leaders. It’s such a difficult and lonely job. I know a rabbinics student or two who’ve landed a plum job, but the overwhelming problem facing most of the rabbinics students I know is that … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged aesthetic experience, lonely job, moral leaders, overwhelming problem, plum job
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Rabbi Daniel Brenner On Newsweek’s List Of Top Rabbis & Stephen Steinlight Controversy
I email Rabbi Daniel Brenner: As you are my new best friend, I thought I’d pose an additional two questions to you for my blog Lukeford.net. * What do you think of that Newsweek list of the top 50 American … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, R. Daniel Brenner, Rabbis
Tagged birthright israel, colleauges, daniel brenner, ncaa sports teams, rabbi daniel, reb zalman
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