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Tag Archives: email
The Most Racially Diverse LA Synagogue?
I got this email: "I just came across your shul reviews and was wondering which LA synagogue has the most racial diversity. I am Black and Jewish and thinking about moving to LA, so I would really like to know … Continue reading
I Bought A Blackberry Curve Yesterday
After the rebate and including taxes, it’ll cost me close to $200 and an extra $20 a month. In exchange, I can check my email anytime anywhere and go online if I need to (I’m not thrilled about reading websites … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged beverly blvd, blackberry curve, email
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Who Is Cincinnati Chabad Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson?
On April 16, I got an email from somebody calling himself the "Satmarer Chosid" poking fun of Rabbi Kalmanson‘s emotional speech about the rebbe (Rabbi Menachem Schneerson). On April 17, I got more emails criticizing Rabbi Kalmanson. I surfed the … Continue reading
Posted in R. Sholom Kalmanson
Tagged blog, chabad rabbi, cincinnati, dirt, email, emotional speech, globe, jewish life, kalmanson, lightning rod, menachem schneerson, motive, motives, ounce, point of view, public eye, quot quot, rabbi menachem, rebbe, shred
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What’s Up With The Daily Yid?
I got this email: "[Rabbi] Hersh Wolf Krauz is a willi residence and Contrib of Yiddish Wikki and Bchadrei Charedim Yiddish. All of them is down." I emailed the Daily Yid what was going on. He replied that it was … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Yid, Leah Kleim
Tagged child molesters, dy, email, hasid, hersh, hot pursuit, large families, mean time, payos, predator, private matter, rabbi, Satmar, satmars, sexual predators, wikki, williamsburg, wolf, yid, Yiddish
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Daily Yid Off The Air
There was a falling out between the Daily Yid (a Satmar in Williamsburg) and Leah Kleim over the past week. I suspect that that had something to do with the following email I received: "with joy and happiness we notifu … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, contributer, email, happiness health, joy and happiness, kidush, kleim, peace and happiness, Satmar, williamsburg, yid
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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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Failed Messiah Banned By Google Adsense
Shmarya Rosenberg got this email from Adsense: While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies on pages … Continue reading
Posted in FailedMessiah
Tagged advertisers, anything wrong with that, email, Google, google adsense, messiah, orthodox judaism, publishers, regard, rosenberg
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Got Kosher Files For Bankruptcy
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy sent out an email to parents today saying that Got Kosher (which serves Hillel’s lunch program) is filing chapter seven bankruptcy. Hillel’s rival business partners asked Hillel to choose between them and Hillel blew them both … Continue reading
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Tagged aviva, bankruptcy court central district of california, bankruptcy petition, Beverly Hills, bitter dispute, breach of contract, business decisions, california los angeles, caterer, central district of california, chapter eleven, chapter seven, complainer, debtor, deceiver, ebner, email, engell, eviction notice, figueroa st, harkham, hebrew academy, Hillel, Israel, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, livonia ave, lunch program, morey, parents, san vicente blvd, shabbat, shenandoah, shul, suissa, tom avery, united states trustee, vigorous defense, wilshire blvd ste, Young Israel
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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
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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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