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Category Archives: YULA
YULA Vs. Shalhevet
YULA is a centrist Orthodox school and Shalhevet is left-wing Orthodox (about as tolerant and free as you can get for an Orthodox school). Orthodox sources tell me: "When Shalhevet opened up 15 years ago, YULA had an opportunity to … Continue reading
No YULA Students Get Into Yeshivat HaKotel
This modern-Orthodox religious Zionist hesder yeshiva interviewed about a dozen boys at YULA and accepted none of them. I’m not sure why. Some of these YULA kids will go to Yeshivat Gush Etzion. Over the past 20 years, most graduates … Continue reading
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Trouble At YULA Boys School
Four members of the senior class have been expelled this school year and another ten have left (some for Israel, some for Santa Monica Community College), leaving the class at only 34. Students say the school’s new principal, Rabbi Heshy … Continue reading
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Rabbi Steven Weil Tackles Noah Feldman During His Sabbath Morning Sermon
"I couldn’t follow how his points coalesced," says my source. "So I fell asleep. But he did say that his grandparents employed Terrell Owens and helped pay his way through college. Rabbi Weil upheld Moses as the epitome of the … Continue reading
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