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Tag Archives: shul
I Despise Rabbis Who Demand To Be Flattered
I know rabbis who are all over-joyed by the sincerity of the goyim they are converting to the one true faith. What gets me is that these rabbis actually believe what these potential converts tell them about their motives for … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged actions speak louder than words, fellow jew, flail, goyim, louder than words, pieties, shul, true faith
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Shane Warne The Musical II
I sat next to an Aussie in shul on Shabbos. He’s seen "Shane Warne The Musical." He said it was shmutzy. "What do you expect?" I said. He said he was at a breakfast a few years ago where Shane … Continue reading
Posted in Australia
Tagged propriety, seven wickets, shabbos, shane warne, shul
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Fast Called For Sunday
Over the past few months, three men (in their fifties or younger) in Rav Gershon Bess‘s shul at 7211 Beverly Blvd have died suddenly and unexpectedly. A month ago, Dr. Joel Schwartz died at his daughter’s wedding. A few months … Continue reading
Posted in R. Gershon Bess, Rabbis
Tagged Aish HaTorah, dr joel, joel schwartz, maariv, shul
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Sue and Lawrence Mischel Try To Evict Young Israel Of South Beverly Hills
There are three lawsuits back and forth between the Mischels (caterers) and Young Israel of S. Beverly Hills (on Pico and Shenandoah). The latest was the Mischels trying to evict the shul from what they claim is their property.
Posted in YIBH
Tagged Beverly Hills, caterers, shenandoah, shul, Young Israel
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Congregation Mogen David Still Kicking
The shul has a building and a fat bank account but few members. Gabe Elias, who says he is an ordained Orthodox rabbi, has been running the place since getting rid of Rabbi Jonathan Muskat in 2003. Around 2006, about … Continue reading
Posted in Gabe Elias, Mogen David
Tagged Ashkenazim, kiddish, orthodox rabbi, rabbi elazar, Sephardim, shul
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Synagogues Employ Extra Security Measures For Shabbat
Until I was 20, I used to go to church almost every Sabbath. I never recall security guards. Yet I have almost never been to a shul on Shabbat that did not have a security guard. Here’s the email from … Continue reading
Posted in Synagogue
Tagged adam horowitz, armed guard, Beth Jacob, extra security, front doors, peace activist, responsible manner, shabbat, shul, Young Israel
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How Should We Deal With Skeptics?
Here’s one approach posted on the blog ModernOrthodoxPrax: "The rambam states quite clearly that skeptics are to be murdered in cold blood. One does not even need a beis din, but any Jew can take matters into his own hands … Continue reading
‘Did Jesus Go To Mincha?’
That was the subject header for a mass email sent out Thursday afternoon by Bnai David-Judea rabbi Yosef Kanefsky: While historians will continue to debate that question (or not), there’s one thing we can know for sure. By taking the … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea
Tagged gentle atmosphere, mincha, orthodox shuls, rabbi yosef, religious holiday, shul
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Rabbi Emanuel Rackman Dead
I got an email from a shul saying: "The funeral will be in [Israel]." Emanuel Rackman was one of the great minds of Modern Orthodoxy, a far greater intellect than Shalom Auslander‘s uncle Norman Lamm who beat him out for … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox
Tagged 5th avenue, american orthodoxy, far rockaway queens, new york board of rabbis, norman lamm, rabbi emanuel, rabbinical council of america, Shalom Auslander, shul, Yeshiva University
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Bearing the Body: Poverty, Humility & Chastity At UCLA
6:30 p.m. The traffic’s stuck on Westwood Blvd. I want to go west to UCLA but I pull over at a free parking spot near Westholme (?) and walk 30 minutes to the Faculty Center for tonight’s lecture. I huff … Continue reading
Posted in UCLA
Tagged free dinner, hovel, road to enlightenment, shul, sorority row, st alban
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