Daily Archives: June 1, 2008

What’s Going To Happen To Beth Jacob’s Kollel?

Rabbi Steven Weil raised the money for it but he’s leaving town. So who’s going to pay for the kollel (where married men get a stipend to study Torah all day, God, what I wouldn’t give for a gig like … Continue reading

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I Go To The Shul Banquet

Preparation Video Post-Banquet Letdown For the past few weeks when people would ask me if I was going to the shul banquet, I gave a haughty and disdainful no. I was above that plebian fraternizing. It sounded really boring. I … Continue reading

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David Suissa: ‘I Heart Shuvuot’

I got a sneak peak at excerpts of David Suissa’s column in next week’s Jewish Journal: In most suburban congregations, other than the occasional blintz offering, no one really talks about Shavout, but last week I had lunch with an … Continue reading

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OU Admits Replacement Of Sholom Rubashkin Ploy To Keep Kosher Supervision

FailedMessiah posts: Rabbi Menachem Genack of the OU has admitted what many of us thought all along – the "ouster" of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin as Agriprocessors CEO is… …nothing more than a ploy to help the OU leave its mark … Continue reading

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