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Tag Archives: Jewish Journal
Jewish Journal Celebrates A Purim Party For Teens That Was Sober Only In Its Imagination
On Purim, the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) hosted a Purim party in Los Angeles that four security guards could not control. Two police squad cars had to be called in around midnight and a police helicopter to control … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, NCSY, Purim
Tagged drinking alcohol, effie, festive holiday, firecrackers, Jewish Journal, joyous purim, massive quantities, orthodox synagogue, Orthodox Union, orthodox youth, pico blvd, police helicopter, police squad, pravda, Purim, purim party, shul, squad cars, synagogue youth, west coast director
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What Is The West Coast Rabbinical Court?
I think it is for Sephardic Jews. It is run by Rabbi Gavriel Cohen whose claim to fame is his ability get divorces from men reluctant to give their wife a get (Jewish divorce) so she can remarry. I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Gavriel Cohen, RCC
Tagged cautious optimism, claim to fame, conservative leaders, euro trade, gavriel, jewish divorce, Jewish Journal, jewish nation, muskin, orthodox rabbis, rabbi cohen, rabbi elazar, rabbinate, rabbinical council of california, rabbinical court, reform rabbis, responsible approach, sephardic jews, uniter not a divider, Young Israel
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NCSY Purim Party Requires Two Squad Cars And Police Helicopter To Quell
The National Council of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) held a Purim party Thursday night at an Orthodox shul in Pico/Robertson. There were four security guards on hand and they couldn’t keep the kids under control. They were racing around the shul … Continue reading
Posted in NCSY, Pico/Robertson
Tagged disaster, drinking alcohol, festive holiday, fire alarms, firecrackers, hard liquor, Jewish Journal, joyous purim, lanner, neighbors, opening doors, orthodox shul, Orthodox Union, orthodox youth, pico blvd, police helicopter, prodigious amounts, Purim, purim party, security guards, squad cars, synagogue youth, thursday night, water buffalo, west coast director
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What’s new in that nasty dispute at Young Israel of Beverly Hills?
It’s a broken down shul on Pico near Shenandoah. I heard about this new lawsuit against the shul president Howard Zisblatt: YAKKOV BURK VS. LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD B. ZISBLATT INC. ETALCase#: SC097363. Filing Date: 03/07/2008 Case Type: Othr Breach … Continue reading
Posted in YIBH
Tagged bitter dispute, breach of contract, caterer, complainer, deceiver, eviction notice, indigestion, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, mdash, open access, shabbat, shul, suissa, summons, vigorous defense, Young Israel
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Got Kosher Files For Bankruptcy
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy sent out an email to parents today saying that Got Kosher (which serves Hillel’s lunch program) is filing chapter seven bankruptcy. Hillel’s rival business partners asked Hillel to choose between them and Hillel blew them both … Continue reading
Posted in Got Kosher, Harkham Hillel
Tagged aviva, bankruptcy court central district of california, bankruptcy petition, Beverly Hills, bitter dispute, breach of contract, business decisions, california los angeles, caterer, central district of california, chapter eleven, chapter seven, complainer, debtor, deceiver, ebner, email, engell, eviction notice, figueroa st, harkham, hebrew academy, Hillel, Israel, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, livonia ave, lunch program, morey, parents, san vicente blvd, shabbat, shenandoah, shul, suissa, tom avery, united states trustee, vigorous defense, wilshire blvd ste, Young Israel
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles
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How Long Till The Jewish Journal Hires Ashley Alexandra Dupre As Their New Calendar Girl?
Surely Ashley could produce on this high a level? I believe. After all the press, controversial pastor John Hagee, as notorious for his incendiary remarks as for his Israel support, was quite boring. The most scintillating aspect of Stephen S. … Continue reading
Posted in Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Calendar Girls
Tagged benjamin netanyahu, christians united for israel, city of new orleans, cornerstone church in san antonio, cornerstone church in san antonio texas, critical values, david woznica, former soviet union, george w bush, hurricane katrina, incendiary remarks, Jewish Journal, john hagee ministries, menachem begin, pastor hagee, rabbi david, reform jews, reform rabbi, san antonio texas, soviet jews
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Young Israel Of Beverly Hills
It’s a 40-year old shul on Pico Blvd that’s gone to pot. David Suissa writes his harshest column yet in this week’s Jewish Journal: After weeks of escalating tension, the story came to a head recently when a few tough-looking … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged bitter dispute, breach of contract, caterer, complainer, deceiver, eviction notice, indigestion, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, mdash, pico blvd, shabbat, shul, suissa, summons, vigorous defense, Young Israel
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