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Category Archives: Pico/Robertson
Which Pico-Robertson Shuls Will Allow Seeing Eye Dogs?
A friend of mine is going blind. He’s waiting for a seeing-eye dog. All the major shuls in Pico-Robertson do not allow seeing eye dogs into their sanctuary. They say the kids will go nuts over the dog and things … Continue reading
Pico-Robertson Boasts Three Of Modern Orthodoxy’s Top Pulpit Rabbis
Rabbis Steven Weil of Beth Jacob, Elazar Muskin of YICC and Yosef Kanefsky of Bnai David-Judea all rank at the top of any list of America’s leading Modern Orthodox rabbis. Various Angelenos are honored in the Forward’s latest list of … Continue reading
Which Shul Will Be The First To Get The Coveted ‘Peulat Sachir’ Hecsher For Kosher Ethics?
If the Modern Orthodox rabbis in Pico-Robertson enforce this code of ethical business conduct on their congregants, YICC and Beth Jacob will lose most of their machers. These guys work hard. They’re tough. They don’t always worry about ethical niceties … Continue reading
The Expulsion
Zipi emails: There is enough blame to share in this on-going soap-opera: Jewish education in town (YULA) and in Jerusalem. While they PUSH Midot, Tzniut and Chessed, in actuality they are breeding a new crop of Monica Lewinsky wanna-be’s. The … Continue reading
Child Labor At Shul
Joe writes: "Every Orthodox shul hires teenage boys from local day schools like YULA to work childcare on Shabbat morning. Don’t they have to daven as well? What message are local rabbis sending to teenage boys that it is better … Continue reading
Where The Hell Is Levi?
I’m working on an interpretative Aboriginal dance. I’m gonna perform it in front of the five shuls that expelled me. I want to take my raw emotions and transform them into art that inspires people to follow the Torah! Blow … Continue reading
Certifying Ethics
Big Red emails: A belated Chag Sameach. I think this Kosher Business Ethics [certification] is for the birds. To me it seems like a reaction to a few recent events. First and foremost, the Rubashkin debacle. There is no question … Continue reading
While I Fight To Get Back In, Others Fight To Leave Pico-Robertson
From my live cam chat: guest36: Luke: so where do you daven now? YourMoralLeader: various guest36: why were you booted? YourMoralLeader: on my blog, ‘coz i outed that 18yo jina davidovich guest36: thought because you posted about the lawsuit, or … Continue reading
Oy, The Shame!
I get a van Sunday afternoon to help a friend pick up a refrigerator and move it into his new apartment. As I start the van, it barely turns over. Oy, the shame! We drive to Western and Venice to … Continue reading
Zeroes Not Heroes
Many of the rabbis in Pico-Robertson complain to everybody but me on what I write about them. In this respect, these guys are zeroes, not heroes. In this respect, porn stars have more integrity.