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Category Archives: Harkham Hillel
How Many Troubled Kids Can A School Take In Before It Is A Troubled School?
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy is the only Orthodox elementary school in Los Angeles who admits troubled kids. Other yeshivos don’t want the aggravation. So let’s say you let in a hyper-active kid who creates a lot of tsures (trouble). What … Continue reading
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Pico-Robertson In The 1960s
It was populated with faux yeshivas to get Orthodox Jews out of the Vietnam draft. By 1980, there were only two Orthodox synagogues in the community — Young Israel of South Beverly Hills and Beth Jacob. There wasn’t a kosher … Continue reading
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Tagged Abner Weiss, Beth Jacob, orthodox shul, orthodox synagogues, rabbi maurice lamm, vietnam draft, YICC, Young Israel
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Hillel Bylaws Up For Vote
I hear Harkham Hillel’s religious dean Rabbi Boruch Sufrin, Morey Levovitz and current puppet president Fallas are being targeted by current and former employees for work related harrassment issues. For the upcoming vote on the bylaws board and executive board … Continue reading
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Tagged allegations, black eye, boatload, boruch, bylaws, eggs, emailed, fallas, harassment, harkham, harrassment issues, headache, Hillel, improvements, morey, omelette, puppet, rabbi, rsquo, secret nothing
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Got Kosher Files For Bankruptcy
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy sent out an email to parents today saying that Got Kosher (which serves Hillel’s lunch program) is filing chapter seven bankruptcy. Hillel’s rival business partners asked Hillel to choose between them and Hillel blew them both … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva, bankruptcy court central district of california, bankruptcy petition, Beverly Hills, bitter dispute, breach of contract, business decisions, california los angeles, caterer, central district of california, chapter eleven, chapter seven, complainer, debtor, deceiver, ebner, email, engell, eviction notice, figueroa st, harkham, hebrew academy, Hillel, Israel, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, livonia ave, lunch program, morey, parents, san vicente blvd, shabbat, shenandoah, shul, suissa, tom avery, united states trustee, vigorous defense, wilshire blvd ste, Young Israel
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Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Update
Joe emails: "Morey Levovitz, Rabbi Baruch Sufrin and now Terry Moore (consultant hired by Morey) hold secret meetings in cooperation with the current school president Michael Fallas. Terry Moore is the consultant who infuriated the parents at the town hall … Continue reading
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Morey Levovitz Calls The Shots At Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy
The blunt blustery Levovitz resigned as the school board president after losing a parents vote on Harkham’s bylaws last Spring. But his people are still in place and Leovivitz still runs things behind the scenes. He has regular meetings with … Continue reading
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Morey Levovitz Resigning From Hillel Presidency
He’s had a troubled and controversial tenure. His proposal to revamp the school’s bylaws was soundly voted down by parents at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy. Joe says: "That’s old news. It was done with the outcome of the vote. He … Continue reading
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Hillel President Morey Levovitz’s Father Dies
Beth Jacob emails: "We regret to inform you of the death of Mr. Abe Levovitz, father of our member Morey Levovitz. The funeral will take place tomorrow, Monday, July 23nd at 12:30 pm at the Maimonidies school in Brookline, MA. … Continue reading
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Harkham Hillel Parents Overwhelmingly Reject Proposed By-Law Changes
The vote was 70-30% June 20 and it can only be interpreted as a stinging rebuke to the schools leaders (Morey Levovitz and Rabbi Boruch Sufrin). Beth Jacob’s Rabbi Uri Pilichowski called every Hillel parent asking them to vote yes. … Continue reading
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Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy’s New Direction
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