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Right-Wingers Bolt Shaarey Zedek
Joe emails: It looks like the glue that was Aron Tendler has finally lost some of its stickiness. The right wingers at Shaarey Zedek for some unknown reason lionized Tendler, even though he was short on most things, including but … Continue reading
Posted in Shaarey Zedek
Tagged edelstein, minyan, nerdy guy, right wingers, scholarly abilities, tendler
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Stop Embarrassing Yourself
Gadi Pickholz emails: Dude: Even for the lowly standards of your blog, you seem to be digging new nadirs for yourself precisely erev rosh hashana. You still do not begin to comprehend the chofetz chayim, nor the most basic responsiblities … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged dirty laundry, distant corner, farthest reaches, lowys, minyan, personal capacity
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Three New Regimes at LA’s Modern Orthodox High Schools
Jane emails: "Write about the 3 new heads of school in Modern Orthodox high schools – Rabbi Glass at YULA Boys, Rabbi Lieberman at YULA Girls, and Rabbi Weinbach at Shalhevet. Find out what students have to say about R’ … Continue reading
‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
I invite a Torah girl to watch this documentary with me. She replies: Do you need me to be a 10th for a minyan of fat, ugly women? "These women are fat and passionate and old and bizarre." I’ll come wearing tefillin, talis … Continue reading
I Learn To Pray Again
I’d pretty much given up on my ability to pray in shul. It just seemed so lifeless. Then I returned to the Happy Minyan and learned to pray again. I feel myself opening up to God there in a way … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Minyan, Pico/Robertson
Tagged David Sacks, God, minyan, saturdays, Torah
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