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Category Archives: Shalhevet
Shalhevet Funder Roland Arnall Dead at 68
Arnall has a blind son who lives in Pico/Robertson and claims to be a rabbi. His smicha (ordination) is more suspicious than Gabe Elias’s (Mogen David). Fox Business reports: LOS ANGELES — Ameriquest Mortgage founder Roland Arnall, a billionaire who … Continue reading
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Tagged ameriquest mortgage, bait and switch, bankrupt companies, billionaire, cancer of the lymph nodes, citigroup inc, civil lawsuits, falsification of documents, funder, improper practices, lisa cohen, president bush, sales tactics, street corners, sub prime lending, sub prime mortgage, sub prime mortgage lender, ucla medical center, unsettled issues, wrongdoing
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Drunk Driving Shocker At Shalhevet
A couple of the leading lights at Shalhevet wanted to do something dramatic to shock the kids into not drinking to excess on Purim, which begins Thursday night. So they went around the classrooms of the high school and said, … Continue reading
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Tagged classmates, drunk drivers, pedagogical technique, Purim, quot, shocker, thursday night
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Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach – Likely New Headmaster At Shalhevet
Rabbi Weinbach (the son of a rabbi) is now Principal of Rabbi Teitz Mesivta Academy in New Jersey. Rabbi Weinbach is making it a condition of his taking the job at Shalhevet that Jerry Friedman (a nominal member of Beth … Continue reading
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Who’s The New Head Of Shalhevet?
On Thursday, the school board approved offering Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach a contract. It will come as shock and awe to my faithful readers that when I reported months ago that Steve Bailey (Jerry Friedman’s man) was going to be the … Continue reading
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Rabbi Weil’s A Straight Arrow
Joe says: Beth Jacob’s Rabbi Weil is a straight arrow. He runs Beth Jacob meticulously. By the book. Not a penny shaved from the IRS. He is a sharp contrast to the Hungarian survivors Mafia of Hancock Park and BH. … Continue reading
Shalhevet Parts Ways With Executive Director Ken Milman
I hear it was primarily a cost-cutting move. A source says: "You might want to check your sources. I hear he quit because Jerry was going behind his back on budgetary issues. Jerry does not pay his salary . Roland … Continue reading
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Lender Lobbying Blitz Abetted Mortgage Crisis
Glenn R. Simpson writes: During the housing boom, the subprime industry succeeded at more than just writing mortgages. It also shot down efforts by some states to curtail risky lending to borrowers with spotty credit. Ameriquest Mortgage Co., until recently … Continue reading
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Shalhevet Selects New Head Of School
Say sources: I heard Shalhevet announced the result of their head of school search by coming full circle to Steven Bailey, Ph.D. I don’t care how they try to spin it; they couldn’t get anyone good to come into that … Continue reading
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Shalhevet Budget Blowout
This year’s budget deficit was supposed to run to $1.5 million (with $500,000 covered by Roland Arnall and the other million covered by fundraising) but the figure is closer to $3 million (in part because of the small numbers in … Continue reading
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Shalhevet Searches For Its Leader
Shalhevet, the most left-wing Orthodox day school in Los Angeles, is looking for a new leader. The founder and current head of the school, Jerry Friedman, is supposed to step down after this school year. The search committee consists of … Continue reading
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