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My Ex-GF Diana Klein Was Live In My Chat Room
Click here to join the fun. She’s now "Dyana." Diana and I had a thing for a few months in the Spring and Summer of 1993 before things ended very badly. She burned all my letters and tapes and wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged caliphate, chat room, Dennis Prager, diana klein, different man, Emma, grape juice, hilarity, irish girl, Jews, juice bottle, lol, milkmaid, mint, moral issues, nbsp, parents, quot, socialist revolution, spring and summer, winger, yup
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Rabbi Yehuda Kolko Pleads Guilty To Child Endangerment
Here’s a report with comments: Flatbush, NY – Rabbi Yehuda Kolko a former rabbi at Yeshiva Torah Temimah, who has been accused for molesting some of his students, has pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a … Continue reading
Posted in Yehuda Kolko
Tagged 3 years, child endangerment, civil case, closure, counseling, criminal case, endangering the welfare of a child, guilty plea, lawyers, parents, probation, rabbi kolko, rabbi yehuda kolko, welfare, yeshiva torah temimah
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Saving Isaac Hersh?
Save Isaac emails: Here is a letter publicized by Michael Hersh. The lines that start with FACT – are the counter claims to his propaganda. It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to … Continue reading
Posted in Isaac Hersh
Tagged 15 minutes, allegations, independent evaluation, intention, Israel, jamaica, meir, mental health professionals, parents, period of time, propaganda, psychiatric history, rsquo, s david, sequence of events, short period, tranquility bay, Truth, twin brother, Yeshiva University
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Tranquility Bay II
Michael Hersh writes (and some of his email was edited into third person before it got to me): It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to [Yeshiva University’s David] Pelcovitz interviewing my son … Continue reading
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Tagged England, independent evaluation, intention, Israel, jamaica, meir, mental health professionals, nbsp, objective report, parents, psychiatric history, rsquo, sequence of events, tranquility bay, Truth, twin brother, us embassy
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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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Is A Reputation For Giving Blowjobs Enough To Keep A Girl Out Of YULA?
Yes. With few exceptions, no Orthodox day school wants students with a risque reputation even if their parents are rich and the kid has a great academic record. A girl thrown out of one yeshiva for fooling around will have … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged academic record, exceptions, hard time, jewish law, parents, reputation, smart kid, troublemakers, Yeshiva
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