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Tag Archives: Rabbis
Shaarey Zedek’s A Mess
Congregants don’t feel like they are getting enough love from their new rabbi. They are used to the hail fellow, well met hands-on style of Rabbi Aron Tendler. So what if he was having phone sex in the shul office. … Continue reading
Posted in Aron Tendler, Shaarey Zedek
Tagged aron, Orthodoxy, rabbi, Rabbis, Shaarey Zedek, shul office
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Jewish Press Accused Of Feminism
Someone calling himself the Rabbinic Corruption Committee has gone on the warpath against the Jewish Press and its campaign against men who won’t give their wives a get (Jewish divorce). Here’s a taste of this new blog called jewishpressmess: 1)DO … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, The Jewish Press
Tagged agunah, conversions, corruption, divorcee, Feminism, gittin, harrassment, intimidation, Israel, jerusalem post online, jewish divorce, jewish press, Marriage, quot, rabbinate, Rabbis, RCA, regard, valid address, warpath
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says Conversion Courts Too Strict
Gadi Pickholz emails: "Dude, once again it takes the Sefardi Rabbis like the Rishon L’Zion Ovadya Yosef and Rav Toledano, head of the London & Amsterdam Sephardi Bet Din, to express the voice of reason and tolerance over the charedi … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged archenemy, ashkenazi, babylonia, chief rabbinate, concubine, gadi, halachic authority, jerusalem post, litvak, patriarch abraham, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi shlomo amar, Rabbis, rishon, sanhedrin, sephardi, talmud, timna, toledano, voice of reason
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The UnJewish Journal?
Disco Duck emails: Levi, Here is my assessment of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. Over time I have noticed that most local Orthodox Rebbeim refer to it as the "unJewish Journal". More than one local Rabbi has given me … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal
Tagged attitudes, bathroom trips, bias, disco duck, drek, excuse, garbage, jewish community, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Judaism, laughs, levi, nickname, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, segments, smear campaigns, toilet, torah values
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The Badatz Are Coming
Here’s a blog post from Beit Shemesh, Israel: Warning: The Badatz is Coming, and Why We Should Be Worried As residents of R/BS, we are all fed up with the rising tide of violence and intimidation that has charaterized … Continue reading
Posted in Beit Shemesh
Tagged affiliations, Beit Shemesh, bet shemesh, criminals, disaffected youth, edah, extremism, glass shards, graffiti, intimidation, iriya, mayhem, outbreak, quot, Rabbis, rising tide, rosenberger, rottenberg, small group, thoroughfare
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How Should Religious Zionism React To The Conversion Controversy?
Shahar Ilan writes in Haaretz: If anyone thought that religious Zionism should continue having anything to do with the Chief Rabbinate or the rabbinic courts, along came the ousting of Rabbi Haim Druckman from his position as head of the … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged chief rabbinate, conversion controversy, conversion system, conversions, court of appeals, former soviet union, haaretz, israelis, mass conversion, national challenge, rabbi, rabbinical court, Rabbis, religious establishment, religious women, religious zionism, russian immigrants, sabbatical year, tough questions, zionists
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A Portrait Of A Rabbi Predator
Think Rabbi Yaakov Menken aka Kenny the Shark. That type. We’ve got one or two rabbis like this in Pico/Robertson. They’re in positions of power. I wouldn’t want to rock the boat. I’m not the type who likes to name … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged best friend, Conversion, conversions, counseling, Divorce, family and friends, goyim, hashem, jewish growth, job, kenny the shark, Marriage, Orthodoxy, outreach, predator, rabbi yaakov menken, Rabbis, sake, vulnerable women
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‘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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One Of These Nights
I’m weak from hunger and flu. I’m listening to this Eagle’s song and writing anything that comes to my head. Gotta keep it toned down. Gotta sneak it past the rabbis. I’ve got my demons and I’ve got desires. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged demons, desires, emptiness, flu, hunger, loneliness, one of these nights, Rabbis, s song
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Trembling With Excitement To Join The Jewish People
"I need to know your motivations," he said. "Orthodox Jews are a tiny peculiar people. Why do you want to become one?" "Motivations?" I exclaimed. "Motivations? You need to know my motivations? You can never know my motivations because I … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged Aish HaTorah, bais, Beth Jacob, bezalel, century city, converts, Dennis Prager, evil man, excitement, machinations, manly man, motivations, orthodox jews, preacher, quot quot, rabbi, Rabbis, slingshot, Torah, Young Israel
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