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Shannon Orand Converts To Judaism

Five Town Jewish Times – Thursday, January 07, 2010: Shannon Orand, the woman who was taken advantage of by Leib Tropper, the former head of the Eternal Jewish Family, has successfully converted to Judaism in Eretz Yisroel as reported by … Continue reading

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Jewish School Refuses To Admit Boy On Religious Grounds

From The Guardian: Britain’s most successful Jewish school told the supreme court today it had discriminated against a 12-year-old boy on religious rather than racial grounds. Lord Pannick QC, representing the JFS, told nine judges and a standing-room-only crowd that … Continue reading

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The Love Rabbi

Dan Adler writes in the Jewish Journal: I met Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman three weeks ago in a beautiful apartment across from the Western Wall. We stood at the window and looked out at some 5,000 kids preparing to say … Continue reading

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A Shaken Syrian-Jewish NY Community

The WSJ says: …"The Community"—a little-known enclave of more than 75,000 Jews from Syria and other Arab lands, many of whom have prospered in America while sustaining strong ties to the cultural traditions of homelands that today are inhospitable to … Continue reading

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Telshe Yeshiva College Falling Apart

The oldest yeshiva in America has a new administration. The Gifter family (which ran Telshe from 1964) is out in the cold. The powers now at Telshe include jeweler Jonah Sheinbaum, and rabbis Levitansky, Goldberg and Greenwald. Employees at Telshe … Continue reading

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