Category Archives: Spinka

The Judas Kiss Before The Spinka Arrests

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Luke Ford

I hear that most of the members of the Spinka money laundering scam were at a party in Hancock Park on the Saturday night before the arrests. The home? Rabbi(?) Mark Mandelbaum. The arrests went down Sunday. Which other Hancock … Continue reading →

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‘I am without sin. Point me in the direction of Spinka so that I may throw the first stone.’

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Luke Ford

From the Chaptzem blog comments: (JJ article) "I am proably with sin as I view myself as a beinoni, and I don’t care since I am Jewish not a Notsri. Let me throw the first stone and the second and … Continue reading →

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Letter distributed over the weekend to the Los Angeles community

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Luke Ford

Sent in by a Los Angeles Chaptzem reader: Dear Los Angeles Kehilla member: In reference to self proclaimed Jewish leader Rabbi Meyer May’s public comments regarding the unfortunate Spinka arrest. In your first public statement, regarding the arrest, you announce … Continue reading →

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Where’s The Buzz About The Jewish Journal’s Spinka Cover Story?

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Luke Ford

The latest issue of the Jewish Journal features a studious cover story on the Spinka Hasidim money laundering indictment. I’m checking around the blogosphere and the story has created no comment. In shul, nobody talked about it. The piece was … Continue reading →

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Spinka Rav In Town

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Luke Ford

I heard that the Spinka rav Naftali Tzi Weisz, after being released on bond erev shabbos stayed in Los Angeles. At Young Israel of Century City, Rabbi Elazar Muskin made an impassioned speech condemning this public desecration of G-d’s name. … Continue reading →

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