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Tag Archives: rabbi
The Faith-Based Model For Recovery Pays Damn Well
I’m checking out the 2008 990 filing of Beit T’shuva (House of Repentance), a Jewish recovery house. “The most important component of the Beit T’shuva faith-based model of recovery is the spiritual community.” Rabbi Mark Borovitz, the founder and author … Continue reading
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Tagged Memoir, rabbi, repentance, rossetto, spiritual community
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This Could Hurt Your Orthodox Marriage Prospects
Heshy Fried writes: Facebook: Unless you are a kiruv rabbi, you have no excuse to be on facebook. If you happen to be on facebook you may want to make sure that you are fans of gedolim and kosher Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged emunah, Facebook, jewish music, marriage prospects, rabbi
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Torah Talk With Rabbi Rabbs
This week’s Torah portion is Veetchanan: Va’etchanan (ואתחנן — Hebrew for “and I pleaded,” the first word in the parshah) is the 45th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the … Continue reading
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Ten Commandments For Liberal Jews
Click here to watch last night’s entire Torah discussion with Rabbi Rabbs. Rabbi Rabbs says: The Ten Commandments for Liberal Jews: 1. You shall take offense to Christians and loudly proclaim Christianity goes against Judaism, while you shall have no … Continue reading
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Tagged college professors, deer rifles, health care package, illegal alien, liberal jews, national rifle association, rabbi, rabbs, universal health care
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The Gadolim Stand Behind Rabbi Rabbs
The whole thing. Rabbi Rabbs: “I don’t want kids. I’d be a terrible parent just like my parents.” “I am strongly against child abuse. That’s my big ticket item… I see myself as a leader in standing up against child … Continue reading
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Tagged cycle of abuse, rabbi, Rabbis, rav, substitute father, weird ideas
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Very Rabbinic
I sent an Orthodox Jewish friend a link to my appearance on a Sabbath panel at Loma Linda University ten days ago. “You looked very rabbinic,” she said. “From the way you sat to the way you spoke, you seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged grasp, jewish friend, loma linda university, rabbi, Sabbath
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When The Rabbi’s Wife Is Not A Rebbetzin
I remember feeling taken aback about 13 years ago when the wife of a Modern Orthodox pulpit rabbi told me in no uncertain terms that she was not a rebbetzin. These days most Orthodox communities are seeking a “Rabbinic couple” … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, R. Kalman Topp, Rabbis
Tagged Beth Jacob, orthodox communities, rabbi, rebbetzin, uncertain terms
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Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach Leaves Shalhevet
Why? No clue. Lots of rumors, and the spin from the board (that he resigned for family reasons) seems to contradict what we know, like, for example, he is not allowed to return to the campus. There’s 24 hour security … Continue reading
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That Steven Weil Quote
Jewish Journal Editor Rob Eshman emails me: Hey Luke: I read your blog post about our Rabbi Weil quote. In the recent article in question, Roberto Loiderman’s, we indeed mistakenly and inadvertently took the original quote from Amy Klein’s Jan … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klein, fraudulent account, Jewish Journal, rabbi, religious jews, shul
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