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Category Archives: Aron Tendler
Rav Aron Tendler Returns To The Valley
His Valley Village home is in his wife’s name. It’s rented out. You’ll find Rav Aron Tendler walking around Valley Village, wishing people a "Gut Shabbos" in that friendly way of his. That’s some balls. I’d move to Billings, Montana, … Continue reading
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The Rehabilitation Of Aron Tendler
Here’s some background. I notice that Aron Tendler’s divrei Torah are all over Torah.org. Torah.org is run by a man with his own predatory ways. Some of them are reprinted in Community Links, which is distributed all over Los Angeles. … Continue reading
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Stopping Aron Tendler
I have a question, if Aron is not to live in Baltimore, where can he live? Nobody has accused him of violence. I get this email: TO ALL SURVIVORS OF ARON TENDLER – WE NEED YOUR HELP! "I have been … Continue reading
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Shaarey Zedek’s A Mess
Congregants don’t feel like they are getting enough love from their new rabbi. They are used to the hail fellow, well met hands-on style of Rabbi Aron Tendler. So what if he was having phone sex in the shul office. … Continue reading
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Tagged aron, Orthodoxy, rabbi, Rabbis, Shaarey Zedek, shul office
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Rabbi Mordecai Tendler appeals court award of legal fees and costs against him in action against bloggers
Here’s more on Mordecai Tendler. Here’s a link to the case information. Here’s Mordecai’s appeal. Here’s the response from the bloggers’ attorney. Mordecai’s brother Aron appears headed for divorce. He’s moving to Baltimore. About four years ago, Aron put his … Continue reading
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SEEKING ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF RABBI SHALOM TENDLER , RABBI ARON TENDLER AND YULA – YESHIVA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES
UnOrthodox Jew posts: For at the very least twenty years, YULA and the RCC (Rabbinical Council Of California), have been enabling Shalom and Aron Tendler to be in a setting that caused great harm to their victims, under the cloak … Continue reading
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JJ: ‘Valley congregation Shaarey Zedek moves on with new rabbi’
At least you can never accuse the Journal of sensationalizing. Rather their style of news writing (personal and opinion columns are often lively) seems designed to put the reader to sleep. Amy Klein writes in the June 15 Jewish Journal: … Continue reading
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