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Category Archives: Chabad
Gaboim Win Big, Another Major Blow to Krinsky – New Decision by NY Supreme Court
Yisroel Pensack emails: The NY State Supreme Court is not that state’s highest court, nor is it even an appellate court at all. Trial court rulings do not establish precedents and are NOT binding on other courts whatsoever, certainly not … Continue reading
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Tagged congregation lubavitch, lubavitcher chassidim, new york county, ny supreme court, supreme court decision, supreme court judge
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Nathans Closing, Cunin Threatens To Sue
Nathan’s (fast food place on Pico Blvd) has closed and will be replaced by a glatt kosher italian restaurant. Chabad/Rabbi Cunin is suing the Arnall estate for $18 million. Cunin claims Roland Arnall promised him the amount. When it did … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Kashrut
Tagged cunin, dawn arnall, food place, pico blvd, Roland Arnall
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The Rebbe & Ronald Reagan
From Chabad.org: The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory and President Ronald Reagan enjoyed a deep relationship for many years. Mr. Reagan displayed a profound respect toward the Rebbe and his teachings. The President was an early and … Continue reading
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Tagged persistent belief, president ronald reagan, priceless documents, rabbi menachem, soviet jews, world faith
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Chabad Of Beverlywood – The Hot New Shul In Pico/Robertson
Located at 1952 Robertson Blvd in zipcode 90035, it is presided over by Rabbi Dov Newman. 310-836-6770. It gets about hundred people on Shabbos morning. For Shuvuot, it had a massive ice cream bar and about 300 attendees. On Simchat Torah, … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Pico/Robertson
Tagged chabad israel center, maariv, massive ice, shuvuot, simchat torah, south robertson blvd
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Chabad Book store to close down because of $2 Million internal embezzlement?
From FailedMessiah: Noam Sharvit of Globes reports: Officers from Israel Police Central Region Fraud Unit and Israel Tax Authority investigators have arrested the director of Chabad Youth Organization in Israel, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Ahronov, the nonprofit organization’s (NPO) accountant, and … Continue reading
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Tagged embezzlement, four men, fraud unit, gideon, globes, irregularities, israel police, lubavitch, magistrates court, money laundering, nonprofit organizations, npo, police central, private accounts, rabbi yosef, s books, shekels, signatories, tax fraud, youth organization
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West Coast Chabad Leader Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin Gets $18 Million From Roland Arnall’s Estate
Many of L.A.’s biggest rabbis were salivating at the shiva for subprime billionaire Roland Arnall. Rabbi Cunin got the biggest jewish payout. Roland’s son Daniel holds the $3 million note for the loan Roland extended to Shalhevet. Daniel could call … Continue reading
Posted in Boruch Cunin, Chabad, Daniel Arnall, Roland Arnall, Shalhevet
Tagged 30 million, beneficiary, big trouble, billionaire, boruch, ceo, Chabad, cunin, hermine, palisades, Purim, rabbi, rabbi shlomo, Rabbis, Roland Arnall, Shalhevet, shiva, shlomo, son daniel, stern, weinberg, west coast
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Chabad Crown Heights Patrol Stops Black On Black Rape
Satmarer Chosid emails: The Lubavitcher Chassidim’s "SHMIRA" patrol stop and prevent a Rape in the nick of time, where both the perpetrator and the victim were both Black! Political ramifications of this has rocked the DA’s office who had previously … Continue reading
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Tagged black rape, Chabad, Crown Heights, lubavitcher chassidim, nick of time, perpetrator, political ramifications, quot
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New Lubavitcher Rebbe
Reb Sholom posts: http://www.newsweek.com/id/131600 Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 5:08 p.m. ET Apr 11, 2008 It’s OFFICIAL now: Newsweek ranks Yehuda Krinsky as # 4 and describes him to be: The New LUBAVITCHER REBBE, Yehuda Krinsky Newsweek 2008, wrote the following: … Continue reading
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Tagged ceo, chabad lubavitch, chabad movement, eviction, global leader, krinsky, lubavitcher rebbe, mainstream, newsweek, newsweek web, prominence, reb, self description, shull
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Is Chabad A Personality Cult?
Chabad is so far out of the Jewish mainstream that most Orthodox rabbis don’t waste their ammunition attacking it, just as they don’t spend much time anymore attacking the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism. Here’s an exception.. From shmais.com: … Continue reading
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Tagged ammunition, belsky, executive vice, hersh, Judaism, mainstream, news service, orthodox rabbis, personality cult, rabbi yisroel, rebbe, rosh yeshiva, streams, Torah, tzvi, vice president
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Chabad Politics
Satmarer Chosid emails: There are three elected rabbiin the Chabad community in Crown Heights Brooklyn. Traditionally every year the three rabbis shared the "business" of selling the Chometz where the community members give money to the rabbi as a service … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklyn, chometz, cli, community members, congregation lubavitch, court of appeals, Crown Heights, farbrengen, jealousy, merkos, money, nbsp, rabbi, Rabbis, reply, schwei
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