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Rabbi Moshe Tendler Ascends The Temple Mount
From WorldNetDaily.com: A prominent U.S. rabbi recently ascended the Temple Mount – Judaism’s most revered site – stirring a quiet debate among some within the Jewish religious community about whether Jews should be permitted to enter the mount. Some rabbis … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem, Rabbis
Tagged jewish religious community, mahmoud abbas, moshe tendler, orthodox jewish community, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, quiet debate, rabbi moshe, some rabbis
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Did Meir Kin Refuse To Give His Wife A Divorce?
Mort emails: "Ok, I read your protest about Kin not wanting to give a Get. I’m confused now. Is he the problem, or is she the one causing problems?" From Beth Jacob: To the Los Angeles Jewish Community, ORA: The … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Bnai David-Judea, Divorce, Meir Kin, Pico/Robertson, RCC, YICC
Tagged Beth Jacob, community rally, fellow congregants, protest rally, rabbi moshe, rabbinical council of california, taanit esther
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Neo-Nazis Rise In Power In Austria
From the Jerusalem Post: Sunday’s Austrian election could mean a break in diplomatic relations between Israel and Austria if extreme right-wing parties enter a coalition government. Heinz-Christian Strache, who leads the Freedom Party, took part in paramilitary activities with neo-Nazis … Continue reading
Posted in Austria
Tagged iranian president mahmoud, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, mahmoud ahmadinejad, president mahmoud ahmadinejad, quot quot, rabbi moshe
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Yeshiva University Rocked By Tranny Prof
From the New York Post: NEW LOOK: Joy Ladin arrives last week at Yeshiva University, where she heads the writing center. A Yeshiva University professor left two years ago as a man – and returned last week as a woman. … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva University
Tagged enlarged breasts, midtown campus, pink lipstick, rabbi moshe, some rabbis, Yeshiva University
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I Visited The Temple Mount In 2000
I walked around and inside the Dome of the Rock when I was in Israel in 2000. From the Jewish Press: "The rabbanim are not talking halacha," Rabbi Moshe Tendler told The Jewish Press. "They’re issuing a political statement." Last … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged haaretz newspaper, moshe tendler, rabbi moshe, rabbi shmuel, rabbi tendler, rabbi yisrael
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Charity Scams
Tom Herman writes for the WSJ: Here are a few areas IRS and Justice Department officials have been focusing on and advice from lawyers and accountants on how to avoid trouble: • Kickbacks. Consider the case of the two men who … Continue reading
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Tagged brian hennigan, jewelry district, justice department officials, money transfer network, orthodox judaism, rabbi moshe
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European Rabbis Void Conversions Done By Rabbi Haim Druckman
Gadi emails: "Dude: It’s lucky that you are not really Jewish, because by the time the Talibanut would be finished with you, you wouldn’t even be able to be classifed as dead. See today’s papers, or failed messiah if your … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged cast doubt, chief rabbinate, classifed, commu, concession, conversions, FailedMessiah, gadi, hellip, israeli rabbis, jerusalem post, kosher butcher, messiah, quorum, quot, rabbi moshe, rabbinical court, ritual bath, state conversion, telephone interview
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Will The Rubashkins (Agriprocessors) Serve Any Time?
From the Washington Post May 18: POSTVILLE, Iowa — Antonio Escobedo ran to get his wife Monday when he saw a helicopter circling overhead and immigration agents approaching the meatpacking plant where they both work. The couple hid for hours … Continue reading
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Tagged antonio escobedo, department of homeland security, guatemalan, hellerstein, hispanic children, illegal immigrant workers, illegal workers, immigration agents, jewish whistleblower, kornreich, libel suit, meat industry, meatpacking plant, mexican families, motion for summary judgement, natural disaster, new york county, new york county clerk, new york new york county, northeast iowa, nycourts, occasional lecturer, pews, polititions, postville iowa, rabbi aaron, rabbi balkany, rabbi milton balkany, rabbi moshe, s 600, schools superintendent, single site, st bridget, summary judgment motion, supreme court of the state of new york, surrounding community, village voice, voice media inc, washington post, zakharov
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Four Torah Sages Died This Month
Shlomo Greenwald writes for The Jewish Press: The Orthodox Jewish world mourns the loss of four prominent figures who passed away in recent days, Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, Mr. Bentzion Dunner, Rabbi Moshe Fuller, and Rabbi Yitzchok Chinn, each of whom … Continue reading
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Tagged bais medrash, brilliant song, chemed international, chinn, classroom storytelling, grave dangers, jewish press, laptop computers, living nightmare, mishnayos, music records, rabbi eli teitelbaum, rabbi eliezer, rabbi moshe, rabbi teitelbaum, rsquo, torah communications network, torah sages, traditional jewish music, yeshiva torah temimah
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The Third Temple: Israel’s Missing Link
Chaim Chlorfene writes: In the introduction to his book Ohr Hamikdash (Light of the Temple), Rabbi Moshe Luria, explains that the Torah, the Sabbath, and the Holy Temple are respectively the essence of Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge (Chachmah, Binah, and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged 100 generations, biblical sense, binah, communal life, creative activities, daily basis, government culture, holy temple, husband and wife, luria, mishkan, missing link, mount sinai, nature of knowledge, rabbi moshe, Sabbath, temple israel, third temple, Torah, wife eve
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