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YU’s Rosh Yeshiva Jokes About Shooting Israel’s Prime Minister If He Withdraws From Jerusalem
Nat Barnat writes on Jewschool: Last Wednesday, Rabbi Herschel Schachter, a Rosh Yeshiva at YU, was giving a class to young Americans at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem. At some point, the class was opened up to questions, and in response … Continue reading
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Rabbi linked to systematic child abuse flees to Canada
By Uri Blau, Yair Ettinger, Jonathan Lis and Ofra Edelman for Haaretz: Rabbi Elior Chen, the spiritual authority behind a group accused of systematically abusing children in a Jerusalem family, has fled to Canada with one of his supporters, Haaretz … Continue reading
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Tagged edelman, educational lessons, elior, gag order, haaretz, hammers, indictment, international warrant, jerusalem family, jerusalem police, magistrate, ofra, quot, rabbi, remand, spiritual authority, state police, state prosecutor, vegetative state, yair
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The Return Of Rabbi Hershy Worch
I haven’t viewed any of Rabbi Worch‘s (a friend of my friend Yori Yanover, I have no stomach for any more fights with or about either of these two) online writings in about eighteen months (nor have I written about … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Hershy Worch
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Dr. Mark Goldenberg – The One Short Guy Who Doesn’t Have A Chip On His Shoulder
Dr. Goldenberg is at the top of his profession (pediatric dentist) and he’s a pillar of L.A.’s Orthodox community. He’s the only short guy I know who’s comfortable in his own skin and he’s about the funniest guy I know. … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, dr mark, orthodox community, own skin, pediatric dentist, pillar, profession, rabbi, steve hirsch
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What Happened To The RCC’s Proposed Boycott Of Kehilla of Los Angeles (Agudath Yisrael) Functions?
The RCC (Rabbinical Council of California) competes with Rabbi Teichman for certifying foods and places as kosher. The competition is bitter. RCC rabbis were talking about boycotting functions where the caterers were certified by Rabbi Teichman.
Do Converts To Judaism Get It?
From my live cam chat: Frank: sometimes i think the community needs someone like u Frank: other times u pick on people that dont deserve picking onYourMoralLeader: i only pick on people who choose to be public figures Frank: i … Continue reading
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I’m Live On My Cam With A BBW Who Wants To Share Religious Rituals With Me!
I’m chatting with 18yo Emma from Ireland and the publisher of a Jewish newspaper in the MId-West. Join the conversation. Jeff emails: "I tried for a few minutes to read through the pdf files about c-cubed india, which sounds more … Continue reading
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Rabbi Avrohom Union’s Background
He’s a baal teshuva. He was not raised in Orthodoxy. He came to it as an adult under the influence of Rabbi Beryl Wein and others. Rabbi Union was in on the founding of Ohr Somayach. He came to Los … Continue reading
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Tagged adult, baal teshuva, beryl, incarnation, Orthodoxy, rabbi, rabbinical council of california, relaxed attitude, wein, zeal
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What Is Marc B. Shapiro’s Ideology?
He says he’s Modern Orthodox and he seems to me to be Modern Orthodox. And I guess that’s the answer to the question in my headline. I asked Marc about his ideology Saturday night and he essentially said he was … Continue reading →