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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines – Danielle Berrin Now Single!
A month ago, the Jewish Journal Calendar Girl wrote about her relationship with a rabbi (the bloke who leads the twice monthly Friday night service at Ikar). Shortly thereafter, the Jewish people’s brightest hope for the future broke up over … Continue reading
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Ohr Ha Torah Finally Has Its Own Building
Rachel Heller writes: It was a sight Mar Vista doesn’t see every day — a guitar-studded procession of more than 100 Jewish revelers marching jubilantly down South Barrington Avenue with five Torah scrolls. Members of Ohr HaTorah synagogue, which until … Continue reading
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Tagged friday night service, prayer books, sifrei torah, sun hats, torah scrolls, venice boulevard
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Materialism & Jewish Life
I was just talking to someone looking for a Modern Orthodox Jewish community that wasn’t too materialistic. As long as I’ve been Jewish — 15 years — I’ve been poor. I’ve never been treated badly because of it. On the … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive woman, countless occasions, friday night service, goys, hot chix, hot sex, hovel, humiliation, jewish life, Jews, materialism, new suit, nice stuff, orthodox jewish community, peers, poverty, privilege, shabbos, social ladder, suit store
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