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Category Archives: Pico/Robertson
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
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Tagged chabad israel center, maariv, massive ice, shuvuot, simchat torah, south robertson blvd
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Elazar Muskin, Steven Weil: A Study In Contrasts
Steven Weil of Beth Jacob is a CEO with semicha (rabbinic ordination). Elazar Muskin is the quintessential shul rabbi. He devotes himself to his community. He sets aside Fridays to call widows and shut-ins, etc to wish them a Gut … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, elazar, financial shape, muskin, rabbinic ordination, secular jews
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President Bush’s Liberal Jewish Friend In Pico/Robertson
Rebecca Spence writes for the Forward: Etra, 60, a high-powered Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, has known Bush since the two men were friends at Yale University. Members of the class of 1968, the two pals joined Skull and Bones, … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary commemoration, criminal defense lawyer, holocaust memorial council, los angeles criminal defense lawyer, rebecca spence, warsaw ghetto uprising
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Why Don’t Orthodox Shuls Ever Start Their Shuvuot Learning Before 11 PM?
Some of us need our beauty sleep. Conservative shuls know how to do Shuvuot right. They tend to start around 9 pm. Beth Am on La Cienega and Olympic Blvds has a dynamic program.
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Tagged dynamic program, la cienega, olympic, sleep
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Shalom Aleichem
On a Friday night walking home from shul, I’m stopped by a stranger in a car. He wants to know where Preuss is. I don’t know. I ask my friend. She doesn’t know. A rabbi comes out of his home … Continue reading
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Tagged favorite phrase, friday night, intimate communion, Jews, new moon, one saturday, orthodox judaism, rabbi, saturday night, scorecard, shul, stranger, walking home
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