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Tag Archives: Aish HaTorah
Would You Get Spiritual Counseling From A Rabbi Who Had An Affair With A Congregant?
Around 2002, Rabbi Simcha Weinberg (brother of Rabbi Matis Weinberg) lost his job with Lincoln Square Synagogue for having an affair with a congregant. He was caught in the act. He was subsequently divorced (and I believe he married the … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, R. Simcha Weinberg
Tagged Aish HaTorah, hebrew bible, mattis weinberg, moral leader, spiritual counseling, torah judaism
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Funky Frum
I’m walking up Pico Blvd Shabbos morning and near Aish HaTorah on the other side of the street, I see a sign announcing that a store has closed and “moved to the internet.” It was FunkyFrum.com. Walking East on Pico … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Aish HaTorah, funky frum, pico blvd, shabbos morning, spurting blood
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‘Levi, Have You Seen My Lapdancers?’
I often get off the 10 Freeway at Robertson Blvd and have to pass by this den of iniquity — Skin, a strip club at 3388 Robertson. Here’s a strip club right next door to the burning heart of Modern … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Aish HaTorah, Beth Jacob, David Klinghoffer, orthodox conversion, samson raphael hirsch, YICC
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The Uninvited
D. emails: "I’ll make it simple for you, Sunny Jim. It’s because you’re a fair-dinkum obnoxious whinger who can’t see beyond himself." Tuesday night. His assignment was to draw with crayons a picture of his life today. (Similar assignment from … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, PUC
Tagged Aish HaTorah, Beth Jacob, dangerous dogs, killer dogs, savage dogs, snarling dogs
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One Holy Sabbath
The following play is inspired by real events during one Pico-Robertson Friday night in January 2008. ACT ONE Levi, about 40 years old, is the first person out of shul on this Friday night in winter. He walks rapidly, heading … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged Aish HaTorah, christine white, conversion program, converting to judaism, cross tattoo, daven, holy sabbath, robertson blvd
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