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I’m Going To Compete With The RCC

Sure, they’ve got the Rabbinical Council of California, but I’m setting up my own kangaroo court. We’ll be overseeing conversions, business disputes and divorces. We’re going to sponsor beauty contests and add some excitement to Orthodox Judaism. From my live … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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