Category Archives: Chabad

Chabad Shuls Host The Most Diverse Crowd On Yom Kippur

In popular mythology, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. In most shuls, you have to be a member (or buy a special ticket) to attend these services. Most Jews only go to shul twice a year … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco ‘Chabad House’ Averts Foreclosure

A San Francisco Chabad center and synagogue that was recently the focus of a fund appeal letter seeking to raise $55,000 by June 9 is now “out of the foreclosure” process, according to Rabbi Ahron Hecht, the center’s director. “I am now working … Continue reading

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Unity For Justice For Sholom Rubashkin

The Wikipedia entries on Sholom Rubashkin and Agriprocessors.

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The Queer Frum Orthodox Chasidic Mother Of Eight Novelist

Somebody tried to set me up with this woman. Then I did my research and found out she was queer. So I just asked for an interview instead. Goldie said yes. We exchanged a bunch of emails trying to nail … Continue reading

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How Do Chabad Guys Marry Models?

Most of the Chabad guys I know, at least two dozen, have smoking hot wives. What’s up with that? I know of no other sect of Judaism where the wives are so consistently hot. How does this happen? I don’t … Continue reading

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