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Tag Archives: Chabad
Finding A Shul In The San Fernando Valley
Sara* emails: Mr. Ford, Since your website is so comprehensive and otherwise helpful in navigating Jewish LA, I thought I would take a chance and ask you if you know of anything interesting going on at any shul in the … Continue reading
Posted in San Fernando Valley, Synagogue
Tagged Chabad, minyan, shaarei tzedek, shul, shuls
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The Rabbi Orlofsky Mess
Background Rav Adlerstein posts: “When Rabbi Weinreb (to whose ankles in Torah R. Orlofsky will never rise)…” Rav Adlerstein blogs on another topic: Unlike many New Yorkers I know, I do not have an easy time listening to Michael Savage. … Continue reading
Posted in R. Dovid Orlofsky, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged beautiful people, Chabad, cross currents, genuineness, michael savage, stardom
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Should I Try Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin?
I notice a lot of people wearing this extra pair of tefillin in the mornings. I know that these are reserved for the pious but I’m thinking that if I put them on, I might become pious. Or I could … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Personal
Tagged Chabad, minhag, pre marital sex, rabbs, spiritual dilemmas
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Choosing Public School Over Homelessness
Mayer Fertig writes: After years of talk about a tuition crisis, many families that scrimped and sacrificed to send children to yeshiva in the past have hit a financial wall. “Many children will end up in public school as a … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva
Tagged babysitter, Chabad, failure rate, gil student, homelessness, jewish education, old cars, orthodox jewish community, sending your kids, student posts
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Dennis Prager Lauds Chabad As The Most Dynamic Force In Jewish Life
Dennis Prager discussed during his third hour of his radio show today. Prager met a rabbi who’s spent 17 years in the Congo. Dennis wants to lecture there. "They do not ordain women in Orthodox Judaism… What has been the … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Dennis Prager
Tagged bad decisions, bnei brak, Chabad, Dennis Prager, dynamic force, emissaries, financial failure
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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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West Coast Chabad Leader Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin Gets $18 Million From Roland Arnall’s Estate
Many of L.A.’s biggest rabbis were salivating at the shiva for subprime billionaire Roland Arnall. Rabbi Cunin got the biggest jewish payout. Roland’s son Daniel holds the $3 million note for the loan Roland extended to Shalhevet. Daniel could call … Continue reading
Posted in Boruch Cunin, Chabad, Daniel Arnall, Roland Arnall, Shalhevet
Tagged 30 million, beneficiary, big trouble, billionaire, boruch, ceo, Chabad, cunin, hermine, palisades, Purim, rabbi, rabbi shlomo, Rabbis, Roland Arnall, Shalhevet, shiva, shlomo, son daniel, stern, weinberg, west coast
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Chabad Crown Heights Patrol Stops Black On Black Rape
Satmarer Chosid emails: The Lubavitcher Chassidim’s "SHMIRA" patrol stop and prevent a Rape in the nick of time, where both the perpetrator and the victim were both Black! Political ramifications of this has rocked the DA’s office who had previously … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged black rape, Chabad, Crown Heights, lubavitcher chassidim, nick of time, perpetrator, political ramifications, quot
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Who’s The Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson Who Gave Such A Stemwinder About The Rebbe?
Here’s an article about the speech with a link to the video. Who is this Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson? He appears to be the head of Chabad of Southern Ohio. From chabad.org: Rabbi Sholom B. Kalmanson, Ex. VP, Chabad of Southern Ohio … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Sholom Kalmanson
Tagged baking classes, bloke, blue ash, Chabad, chabadnik, cincinnati, cincinnati area, cincinnati post, congregation lubavitch, crash course, desecration, dynamic leadership, emissary, greater cincinnati, guttman, Hasidim, hebrew school, high holy days, homeless shelter, jewish month, jewish ritual, kalmanson, money, outreach programs, rabbi, rabbi menachem, rebbe, ritual practice, russian center, s high school, shaliach, spiritual leader, stemwinder, twenty three years, yeshiva high school, zelig
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What The Hell Happened To Luke Ford?
Tabloid Baby reports: Hey! What’s going on with pioneer blogger and charismatic Internet personality Luke Ford? The Woodstein of the pornography industry-turned-conflicted Orthodox Jew has always been a controversial figure, but as long as we’ve known him, he’s also been … Continue reading →