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Tag Archives: Israel
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
Posted in Isaac Hersh
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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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
Posted in YULA
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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Bnai David-Judea Is Where The Women Are – And Some Of Them May Be Eager To Meet You
More attractive young single women go to Bnai David-Judea and the Happy Minyan than any other synagogue in zip code 90035 (Pico/Robertson). While Beth Jacob, Mogen David and Young Israel of Century City are deserts, Bnai David is a dessert … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged aish, arangement, atid, Beth Jacob, century city, deserts, dessert, Israel, jew, judea, legit, Mogen David, orthodox jews, outreach, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, Sinai Temple, single women, singles events, Synagogue, talmud, Torah, young couples, Young Israel, young women, zip code
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Stolen Cocoa Krispies Taste Sweeter
My Video Blog As I was leaving LimmudLA last month, I was given three boxes of food to take to SOVA to feed the homeless. Figuring that I was only a canceled credit card away from being homeless, I appropriated … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bad news, cocoa krispies, credit card, crowne plaza, day of redemption, full cry, fundraiser, gangbangers, granola, Homeless, homeless bums, hovel, Israel, jewish expression, jewish singles events, mistaken notion, paypal donations, Purim, rabbi boteach, rabbi shmuley boteach, rejection, rodney dangerfield, Sabbath, saturday morning, shabbat, shabbat dinner, shabbaton, shacharit, shul, three boxes, time today, tiny muscles, town hosts, tzitzit
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PrimeGrill bites the dust? Mamash next?
Rumors are circulating that PrimeGrill has been sold to a non-Jewish group and it’s days as a Kosher restaurant are over. Stand by for further information and confirmation over the next few days. Is Mamash next? Jane IMs: "I was … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged Beverly Hills, confirmation, few days, Israel, jewish group, kosher restaurant, lecturer, rabbi nachum braverman, Young Israel
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