Category Archives: Beth Jacob

What Should Beth Jacob Do With Its Vacant Lot?

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Luke Ford

Beth Jacob is the largest Orthodox synagogue west of the Mississippi. It now owns a vacant lot on Olympic and Doheney. How about: * A drive-in Holocaust museum to go with the Holocaust imagery on Beth Jacob’s mehitza (partition between … Continue reading →

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Orthodox – Non-Orthodox Relations In Los Angeles

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Luke Ford

Conservative Rabbi David Wolpe has said that L.A. has the worst Orthodox-Conservative relations in the country. Yet LimmudLA has at least two Orthodox rabbis speaking (Elazar Muskin and Yosef Kanefsky) and a string of Orthodox laity presenting. The New York … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Steven Weil Vents About Israel

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Luke Ford

He tried to hold it in, but he couldn’t hold himself back Sabbath morning at his shul Beth Jacob, the largest Orthodox synagogue west of the Mississippi. Rabbi Weil’s frustrated with the current Israeli government. He doesn’t trust them. He … Continue reading →

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Sacha Baron Cohen Davens At Beth Jacob On Yom Kippur

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Luke Ford

Joe emails: "Sacha Baron Cohen spent Yom Kippur at Beth Jacob. He went up and duchened for the birkat kohanim (an honor he will forfeit assuming he marries convert Isla Fisher), and then briefly joined the choir standing around Cantor Avshalom … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger Underwhelms Beth Jacob Crowd

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Metzger is a strange guy. He’s the subject of sexual abuse allegations from both sexes.

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