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Rabbi Daniel Brenner On Newsweek’s List Of Top Rabbis & Stephen Steinlight Controversy
I email Rabbi Daniel Brenner: As you are my new best friend, I thought I’d pose an additional two questions to you for my blog Lukeford.net. * What do you think of that Newsweek list of the top 50 American … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, R. Daniel Brenner, Rabbis
Tagged birthright israel, colleauges, daniel brenner, ncaa sports teams, rabbi daniel, reb zalman
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The Rabbis Plan To Raise Ethical Awareness At Work
I’ve yet to hear of the rabbis ever asking any worker if there was a need for their ethics initiative. It sounds to me like this is an entirely top-down initiative. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin writes in the Jewish Journal: Peulat … Continue reading
Posted in Daniel Korobkin, Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson, Rabbis
Tagged covenant agreement, ethics initiative, overtime wages, public affirmation, rabbi daniel, sachir
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My Idiot Rabbi Of The Day – Daniel S. Brenner
He’s boycotting Kellogs for dropping Michael Phelps as a model after the swimmer’s recent string of bad behavior in public. Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner writes: I love Special K cereal – it was my mom’s preferred brand when I was … Continue reading
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Tagged michael phelps, preferred brand, rabbi daniel, shredded wheat, smoking marijuana, special k cereal
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Why Didn’t Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Make The Cut At Beth Jacob?
Because he did not apply. Rabbi Korobkin was the runner-up to Steven Weil in the 2000 search for a successor to Abner Weiss. He did not throw his hat in the ring this go round. By temperament, Rabbi Korobkin is … Continue reading
Posted in Daniel Korobkin, Modern Orthodox
Tagged Abner Weiss, Beth Jacob, elazar, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, rabbi daniel
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The Case For Rabbi Daniel Korobkin
The following were emailed to Beth Jacob members Friday: Sanford Deutsch writes Walter Hulkower, a member of Beth Jacob: Dear Vel, I am writing this letter to you subsequent to your calling me yesterday and asking me to provide you … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, daf yomi shiurim, kalinsky, prolific writer, rabbi daniel, writing this letter
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What’s Going On At Pacific Jewish Center?
For the past 15 years, it has been but a shell of its former self (it had a magnificent run under Rabbi Daniel Lapin and macher Michael Medved). It had a brief revival under Rabbi David Lapin (circa 1997-2001). A … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish center, macher, michael medved, rabbi daniel, rabbi david
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Yay, Another Jewish Journal Cover Story On Gay Marriage
It feels like months since the last one. Julie Fax writes this week: While the advent of legal marriage for same-sex couples in California seems heaven-sent for some, for others it is yet another signal that earth is moving further away … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Jewish Journal
Tagged conservative radio host, definition of homicide, Dennis Prager, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, rabbi daniel
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Roland Arnall Memorial Service At Sinai Temple 1 PM
Roland Arnall was the godfather of subprime lending and Shalhevet’s major benefactor. He left behind a wife and a blind son in Pico/Robertson who claims to be a rabbi. Steve Katz emails: I hope you are attending the memorial for … Continue reading
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No YULA Students Get Into Yeshivat HaKotel
This modern-Orthodox religious Zionist hesder yeshiva interviewed about a dozen boys at YULA and accepted none of them. I’m not sure why. Some of these YULA kids will go to Yeshivat Gush Etzion. Over the past 20 years, most graduates … Continue reading
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Tagged american schooling, chaim i waxman, consternation, daniel jacobson, different life, different perspective, doctoral dissertations, dozen boys, flipping out, graduates, insecurity, Israel, jewish community, life path, primary education, rabbi daniel, religious devotion, religious zionist, spiritual lifestyle, statistical studies, torah study, yeshivat hakotel
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