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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Chai Center rabbi explains ‘off the handle’ e-mails
I’ve known of Schwartzie for about 20 years from Dennis Prager’s lectures. When I came to L.A., I was excited to meet Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz and he was everything Prager promised and more. Schwartzie loves Judaism and he reaches out … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Orthodoxy
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Jewish school accused on admissions
From JTA: A prestigious Jewish school in London was accused of discrimination for refusing to accept the daughter of a convert. The JFS, formerly known as the Jewish Free School, rejected the application of a girl whose mother is a … Continue reading
Chief rabbi prohibits single women from going to mikve
Matthew Wagner writes for The Jerusalem Post: In an attempt to stem a trend of quasi-condoned premarital sex among young modern Orthodox men and women, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger has issued a prohibition against allowing single women to use … Continue reading
Orthodox – Non-Orthodox Relations In Los Angeles
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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La Brea Murder-Suicide Victims ID’d
From CBS: LOS ANGELES (CBS) ? On Monday, authorities identified a husband and wife who died in an apparent murder-suicide in the Park La Brea area of Los Angeles. Bruce and Terri Nadler, both 61, died on Saturday of gunshot wounds that … Continue reading
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