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Tag Archives: e mail
Conversion Controversy
Eytan Kobre writes: Below I share with you (with very minor changes) the e-mail letter I sent today to Dina Kraft, a JTA reporter, responding to her article on the JTA website regarding the controversy over the ruling of an … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Journalism
Tagged acknowledgement, conversion controversy, conversions, converts, diaspora, e mail, feuerstein, itim, JTA, Judaism, kobre, mail letter, minor changes, objectivity, public outrage, rabbi, rabbinical council of america, religious commitment, seth farber, tzohar
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The Jewish Awareness Movement’s Aggressive Tactics
Amanda Milstein writes: When Allyson Marcus arrived at the Jewish Awareness Movement’s Shabbat afternoon luncheon near the University of Southern California, she wasn’t expecting to return home in tears. That, however, is how things turned out for Marcus, then a … Continue reading
Posted in JAM
Tagged aggressive tactics, allyson, bracha, california campuses, deceptive advertising, e mail, geffen, immodesty, jewish awareness, male friends, milstein, minded focus, orange coast college, outreach group, outreach organizations, pressure tactics, rebbetzin, shabbat afternoon, university of southern california, usc campus
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I Plan, Rabbi Hirsch Laughes II
Publicist Lauren Levy emails me April 6: "Hi Luke, As I’m working on getting some online PR for Rabbi Sherre Hirsh’s amazing WE PLAN, GOD LAUGHS, I can’t tell you how pleased I was to read your article on it. … Continue reading
Posted in R. Sherre Hirsch
Tagged advance copy, asap, Conservative Judaism, conservative rabbi, counselor, different time zones, e mail, email, God, hirsh, laity, levy, Oprah, phone interview, publicist, quot, rabbi hirsch, sherre, temple sinai
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Republican Jews Growing
Brad A. Greenberg writes: For years, no respectable Jew would admit to being a Republican, even if they would vote for Ike or the Gipper. Today, this is no longer the case. The ranks of Republican Jews are swelling, something … Continue reading
Posted in Race, Republicans
Tagged anti americanism, Anti-Semitism, california director, countless times, democrat party, e mail, eric lee, friends of hillary, greenberg, greenfield california, Hillary Clinton, jewish coalition, joe lieberman, larry greenfield, misunderstandings, obamamania, philanthropist, realism, ziman, zionism
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Pico Blvd’s Beit Midrash Owner Jailed
UPDATE: Chaim Mekel is out of jail. He has to do community service every day but can sleep at home. He was sent to jail because of a child support custody case. I got this email Wednesday morning: This is … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged beit midrash, child support, custody case, e mail, email, gentile, hundreds of years, jew, kosher food, levin, mekel, old case, pico blvd, rashbi, rosh chodesh, siddur, sleep, talmid chacham, tymo, urgent request
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