Daily Archives: March 17, 2008

I’m Folding My Laundry Live On Cam!

Click here to visit my cam chat and watch me eat a lunch of baked beans on toast while discussing the turmoil in the financial markets with some of American’s brightest thinkers. RabbiGadolofManhattan:  Luke, our new governor and his wife … Continue reading

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Rabbi Steven Weil To Run The Orthodox Union In 2009?

I hear Rabbi Weil is a shoo-in to replace Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb who does not want to leave his position as CEO of the O.U. (official title is executive vice-president). OU president Steve Savitsky is a major fan of … Continue reading

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Hasidic Actor Walks Off Natalie Portman Movie

From the New York Daily News: First he couldn’t hold Natalie Portman’s hand – and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie. Abe Karpen, 25, a married father … Continue reading

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No YULA Students Get Into Yeshivat HaKotel

This modern-Orthodox religious Zionist hesder yeshiva interviewed about a dozen boys at YULA and accepted none of them. I’m not sure why. Some of these YULA kids will go to Yeshivat Gush Etzion. Over the past 20 years, most graduates … Continue reading

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