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Erin Brockovich and the Beverly Hills: Greenscam by Norma Zager
From Amazon.com: “This timely exposé reveals Erin Brockovich’s role in inciting public fear regarding the oil well at Beverly Hills High School. The author describes how Brockovich’s methods to link the oil well with cancer occurrences in former students were … Continue reading
Posted in Beverly Hills, Dennis Prager, Green
Tagged air quality management, air quality management district, beverly hills high school, erin brockovich, norma zager, quality management district
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Suicidal Gay Teens
Joey Kurtzman and I talk on my live cam to the thousands of suicidal gay teens who tune in to my Torah Talks each week to find out if life is worth living. When he was just a little tyke … Continue reading
Posted in Joey Kurtzman
Tagged beverly hills high school, kurtzman, little tyke, sex with girls, torah portion
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Oil In Los Angeles
I always get this funny feeling when I see oil drilling around Los Angeles. It’s right in the heart of the bloody city and it seems incongruous. There’s a big operation on Pico Blvd and Cardiff and one right by … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged assistant supt, beverly hills high school, moreno drive, oil derrick, pico boulevard, sepulveda blvd
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The Orthodox Rabbis Of Los Angeles
Andy* emails me: Dear Luke: I have sent to you a thank you note over the years but I never told you why. I went through hell in LA when the rabbis there mainly of chabad but also agudah and … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Orthodoxy
Tagged agudah, beverly hills high school, breslov, kitzur shulchan aruch, orthodox rabbis, talmudic scholar
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Shalhevet ‘Finally Frum’
"Frum" is Jew-speak for religious. Shalhevet’s new head of school, Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach, is getting good reviews around the Orthodox community for bringing in religious discipline. Shalhevet’s sophomore class is down to just eleven students. Shalhevet needs at least 40 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shalhevet
Tagged american jews, beverly hills high school, hamilton high school, religious discipline, sophomore class, YULA
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