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Category Archives: Leah Kleim
Leah Kleim Hurt In Car Accident
The controversial Chabad blogger and mother emails: I did a three day stunt on a morphine drip in the hospital had my nose reconstucted and sewn back together . have a few staples in my arm, I was "ejected" from … Continue reading
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Leah Kleim Alive & Well
According to this post on her old site, she committed suicide. Leah emailed me today that this was not true. “Someone asked me to write a suicide note, I didnt know it was gonna be plastered all over the internet. … Continue reading
Leah Kleim Update
LeahKleim: HOLY s**t LEVI ! YOU LOOK LIKE JESUS YourMoralLeader: how are you? LeahKleim: Great YourMoralLeader: yay LeahKleim: yippy f**king kayay ! YourMoralLeader: what you doing and where you living? LeahKleim: Im not doing anyone. Im living in Crown Heights … Continue reading
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Tagged Crown Heights, f king, fkn, Leah Kleim, leahkleim, yippy
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Leah Kleim’s New Tattoo
The Leah Kleim story.
Chabadnik Leah Kleim Knifed In San Diego
Leah calls Sunday afternoon. "On Thursday, I got a call inviting me to San Diego for Shabbat. So I flew in. And I ended up getting stabbed?" Luke: "What happened?" Leah: "I was up late drinking Heinekens with the rabbi. … Continue reading
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Leah Kleim – Voice of Reason
Leah Kleim emails me: I’m good, how you been? By reading you’ blog you seem to be flying off the handle. What’s the deal ? Screwin around , exposing people, talking shit about people etc. I was born Jewish, I … Continue reading
Leah Kleim Returns
She popped into my chatroom tonight and then made her first blog post in weeks. She seems to be doing OK. Leah lost her little sister to a drug overdose seven weeks ago. Leah badly wants me to stop listening … Continue reading
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Tagged chatroom, drug overdose, little sister, razor, seven weeks
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In Memory Leah Kleim’s Sister
From here: A rabbi: We have entered the month of Elul. Chodesh Harachamim. The month of mercy. We can all use some Divine mercy in our lives. G-d’s way is middah keneged middah. A measure for a measure. When we … Continue reading
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How’s Leah Kleim Holding Up?
Her sister died of a drug overdose last week. I email her: "How are you holding up?" She replies: "THINGS R NOT HOLDING UP, ITS ALL GOOD." Luke: "What do you mean not holding up?" She replies: "just not. my … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster, drug overdose, great time, leah, quot
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Leah Kleim Sitting Shiva For Her Little Sister Who Died Of A Drug Overdose
Leah’s in New York with her family. She replies to my email: Im tryin to hang in there. Its tough. sitting shiva sux. I think its just starting to hit me now though. My anger is coming out pretty bad. … Continue reading
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Tagged bungalow colony, fatal outcomes, random occurrence, sitting shiva, unfortunate incidents, world diseases
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