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Tag Archives: shul
Let It Rain II
From my live cam: YourMoralLeader: i got booted from my shul palestine4ever: i kinda gathered from your front page 🙁 YourMoralLeader: for outing that 18yo anon blogger chick palestine4ever: no palestine4ever: way palestine4ever: ? palestine4ever: all of the fraudsters who … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged fraudsters, live cam, open season, pops, shul, yep
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A Lonely Space
So I was feeling quite alone Friday night as I strode home from shul. I ran into four 18-year old Israeli girls who’d just arrived two days ago and were looking for their Shabbat dinner hosts. I didn’t know where … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged astral projection, israeli girls, pico blvd, shabbat dinner, shul
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I Dream Again About Rabbi Weil
I dreamed I swung by Beth Jacob on a Sunday morning. The shul had some family event. I hung out. Then, with some trepidation, I walked to the door of the shul. Rabbi Weil came by and invited me to accompany … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Phil Blazer, R. Steven Weil
Tagged Beth Jacob, inspirational book, Rabbis, shul, trepidation
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Stopping Aron Tendler
I have a question, if Aron is not to live in Baltimore, where can he live? Nobody has accused him of violence. I get this email: TO ALL SURVIVORS OF ARON TENDLER – WE NEED YOUR HELP! "I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Aron Tendler
Tagged confidentiality agreement, patient therapy, Rabbis, shul, teenage girls, tendler
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‘Why Doesn’t The Rabbi Act Like A Rabbi?’
A Mexican lady at a shul I often attend asked a friend of mine on Shabbos, "Why doesn’t the rabbi [me] go upfront and act like a rabbi?" He told her that I wasn’t really a rabbi. He should’ve told … Continue reading
Complete Interview With David S. Gruber – The Orthodox Rabbi Who Became A Secular Humanist
Read the whole thing here. Here’s an excerpt: Luke: "Let me stop you there. How did your wife feel about this journey of yours?" David: "I’ve been pontificating for a while, right? You can take the rabbi out of the shul … Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Tagged David S. Gruber, male chauvinist, orthodox rabbi, quot, secular humanist, shul, square peg
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What’s Going To Happen To Beth Jacob’s Kollel?
Rabbi Steven Weil raised the money for it but he’s leaving town. So who’s going to pay for the kollel (where married men get a stipend to study Torah all day, God, what I wouldn’t give for a gig like … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob
Tagged Beth Jacob, groundswell, Kollel, shul
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San Fernando Valley Jewish Vigilantes Threatening To Form Committees
Disco Duck emails: Levi, I have two things to share. First is that on the first night of Pesach this year my family was assaulted by anti-Semites on the way home from a Seder at 3:30 AM. These punks drove … Continue reading
Posted in San Fernando Valley, Shomrim
Tagged amp, anti semites, committees, crimes, disco duck, empty beer bottles, first night, jewish community, jewish neighborhood, LAPD, levi, neighborhood watch group, punks, radio contact, San Fernando Valley, seder, sfv, shul, strength in numbers, suspicious activity, vigilante group
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Jewish Briefs
Joe emails: An offer was made to mediate the Biston-Weil dispute before a beit din and that fell through. It is now scheduled for trial in September. Pacific Jewish Center in Venice is looking for a part time rabbi – … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged biston, boruch, Chabad, cunin, downstairs, intellectual superiority, jewish center, minyan, north hollywood, pulpit, rabbi, Roland Arnall, school tuition, seams, Shaarey Zedek, shabbos, sherman oaks, shul, shuls, underground parking
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