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Category Archives: R. Steven Weil
Newsweek’s List Of Top 50 Rabbis
Here you go. The list seems silly to me. The leader of the Reform movement, Eric Yoffie, at number two? He’s retiring. “5.David Saperstein—Having just completed his term as the only rabbi serving on President Obama’s White House Office of … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Yoffie, irwin kula, national jewish center, neighborhood partnerships, religious action center, religious action center of reform judaism
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Good Reviews On Steven Weil’s Stewardship Of Orthodox Union
Rabbi Weil has been running the OU for about 18 months. I’m hearing: Weil is doing exceptionally well at the OU. His strong organizational skills, exceptional speaking and teaching talents and leadership abilities have all come to the fore.
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Reb Moshe’s Lonely Stand On Seclusion
The law against “Yichud” (seclusion) is normally understood in orthodox Jewish law as preventing a man and a woman (who are not married, nor family members) from being together alone in a room. Given the bevy of women who traipse … Continue reading
Posted in Abner Weiss, R. Moshe Feinstein, R. Steven Weil
Tagged Abner Weiss, Beth Jacob, jewish law, moral accountability, office doors, rabbi mordecai tendler, reb moshe, violating the law
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That Steven Weil Quote
Jewish Journal Editor Rob Eshman emails me: Hey Luke: I read your blog post about our Rabbi Weil quote. In the recent article in question, Roberto Loiderman’s, we indeed mistakenly and inadvertently took the original quote from Amy Klein’s Jan … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, R. Steven Weil, Rob Eshman
Tagged Amy Klein, fraudulent account, Jewish Journal, rabbi, religious jews, shul
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An Original Mind At Beth Jacob
Rabbi Kalman Topp is giving a bunch of classes at Beth Jacob and he prepares original content for each one (just like the rabbis at Bnai David and the rabbi at YICC much of the time). Rabbi Topp is fluent … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, R. Gershon Bess, R. Steven Weil, RCC
Tagged ari kahn, Beth Jacob, david hartman, Dennis Prager, marc gafni, orthodox rabbi
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