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Tag Archives: Yeshiva University
‘Can Anyone Grow Up To Be (Shul) President?’
I get off my sickbed Shabbos afternoon and go to this lecture. Last year, a Young Israel shul hired a graduate of the most left-wing Orthodox yeshiva (Chovevei Torah) — as its assistant rabbi. A few months later in response, … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, YCT, YICC, Young Israel
Tagged assistant rabbi, century city, chovevei torah, converts, dr jay, halacha, Israel, israel movement, left wing, ncyi, orthodox synagogue, presidencies, presidents, private citizen, productive members, rabbi moshe feinstein, Rabbis, rosh yeshiva, screening policy, synagogue president, talmudic, weiner, woman president, Yeshiva University, young israel of toco hills, young israel synagogue
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I Eat Lunch With The Homeless
Video At 11:45 a.m. as I was preparing to snag my beauty rest in the sun, I got a message that I could get a free lunch at a local shul that feeds the homeless. It seemed like a good … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged bad idea, beauty rest, bloke, crack houses, free lunch, free lunches, government checks, Hillary Clinton, homeless person, Jewish Journal, john gray, Judaism, meat meal, norman lamm, orthodox jews, rabbi, saturday morning, shul, ufos, Yeshiva University
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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
The Awareness Center posts March 28: Isaac Hersh was being held at Tranquility Bay, a boot camp in Jamaica, which was known for using severe corporal punishment on the children. Allegations have been made that Isaac’s parents (Miriam and Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Isaac Hersh
Tagged abraham j twerski, ambulance service, Awareness Center, center posts, corporal punishment, dr abraham, far rockaway ny, foster parents, Hatzalah, Hillary Clinton, isaac klein, leave of absence, monsey ny, rabbi avraham, rabbi dovid, rabbi shmuel, rabbi yosef, senator hillary clinton, torture chamber, tranquility bay, Yeshiva University
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The Tape & The Talmud
From the New York Times: Four days before his first North American Boxing Federation title defense, Yuri Foreman sat in the basement of a Brooklyn brownstone studying Shulchan Aruch, the code of Jewish law. By early afternoon, he would be … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing
Tagged american boxing, arum, boxing career, boxing federation, brownstone, code of jewish law, jewish leaders, knockouts, new york board of rabbis, New York Times, observant jew, potential danger, puncher, rabbi joseph, risk and reward, rsquo, shulchan aruch, world champion, Yeshiva University, yuri foreman
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New Edition From Yeshiva University’s Newspaper
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Fascinating articles in a new issue of Kol Hamevaser (link): Was the Rav a Tsaddik? In Search of Modern Orthodox Saints by Noah Greenfield Shemittah: From the Theoretical to the Practical by Abby Atlas WikiTorah by … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva University
Tagged ancient universe, biblical criticism, gil student, globalizing world, hazal, kurin, leor, literary approach, madda, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, orthodox saints, rabbi michael, rabbinate, rabbinical courts, rosensweig, s vision, shalom carmy, talmud torah, Yeshiva University
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