Rabbi Weil Is Like Captain Spock With A Rolodex

He runs the starship Beth Jacob and will soon pilot the Orthodox Union.

He has a powerful roladex and can get things done with a call or two.

A body needs to shipped to Israel for a quick burial? Rabbi Weil will make a few calls and it’s arranged.

He walks into the home of mourners and scans their bookshelf. He finds a book on Jabotinsky. He finds out the deceased was related to Jabotinsky. Voila, he produces a drasha on Jabotinsky.

His main achievements while here include:
* Healing the community after the catastrophic Rabbi Weiss departure
* Redoing the administration and hiring Allan Ishakis as Executive Director (things now run very smoothly)
* Bringing in several new important donors
* Redoing the entire downstairs
* The acquisition of the lot next door (cnr Doheny and Olympic) which has now been transformed into "Jacob’s Garden" – a beautiful park

He is a sincere and generous man on a one-to-one basis – and will liberally share even his most expensive cigars and rarest single malts.

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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