Monthly Archives: January 2008

Beth Am Losing Rembaum, Netter

Amy Klein writes: "Temple Beth Am, the flagship Conservative Synagogue, announced that its senior rabbi, Joel Rembaum, will retire in June 2010 after leading the synagogue for 25 years. Rabbi Perry Netter, who has been with the synagogue for 16 … Continue reading

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The Judas Kiss Before The Spinka Arrests

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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Inside Radical Islam

From Dennis Prager: H1: My Year Inside Radical Islam With Dennis Prager Prager H1: Dennis speaks with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, vice president of research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir. … Continue reading

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Up close with Claude Brodesser-Akner

Kevin Roderick writes: Couple of good profiles in this week’s Jewish Journal. One updates Claude Brodesser-Akner, who has turned "The Business" on KCRW into a weekly success (and got out of Fishbowl LA at the right time.) His day job … Continue reading

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Rav Hershel Schachter Accused Of Being A Feminist!

From a new website that is angry about the way some men are treated in a Jewish religious divorce (get): Recently an outrage was committed where a respected TALMID CHACHAM was viciously and publicly insulted and defamed. As reported in … Continue reading

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