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Tag Archives: hebrew academy
Orthodox Rabbi Seeks Ties To Christianity
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ NY LGBT Center slammed as center of anti-Israel activity ▪ New archive will document life in Old City from 1917-48 ▪ Judges Let New York City Ban Worship Services From Schools ▪ Remembering Babe Ruth’s Concern For Jews During The Holocaust … Continue reading
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Tagged blind obedience, fish salt, hebrew academy, jews during the holocaust, orthodox rabbi, rabbi dovid
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Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ Banning Circumcision: The Target Is Religion, Not Jews ▪ Archive Fever ▪ Only Hebrew academy in Toledo area to close doors ▪ Bible lessons move to Facebook ▪ Skverer Rebbe Speaks Out in Ami Magazine ▪ Rabbi … Continue reading
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How Many Troubled Kids Can A School Take In Before It Is A Troubled School?
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy is the only Orthodox elementary school in Los Angeles who admits troubled kids. Other yeshivos don’t want the aggravation. So let’s say you let in a hyper-active kid who creates a lot of tsures (trouble). What … Continue reading
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Dr. Gershon Hepner Back In Prison
This is his second felony conviction. The Pico-Robertson resident went back to prison about three months ago. He’ll be away for a few years. Rabbi Steven Weil of Beth Jacob wrote a letter in 2005 pleading for Dr. Hepner to … Continue reading
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Tuition At Milken Community High School Reaches $30,000 A Year
That’s $2,000 a year more than Harvard Westlake charges. Milken has two Orthodox teachers and about six students from Orthodox homes (as well as a few traditional Sephardic kids) who tend to become less Orthodox the more time they spend … Continue reading
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Which Married Orthodox Pulpit Rabbi In LA Likes To Have His Ladies Dress Up As Yavneh Girls?
At least he’s still connected to his Yiddishe neshama even while sunk in the pits of degradation. Some of our pulpit rabbis in Los Angeles are a handful. In case you are wondering, Yavneh Hebrew Academy goes up through eighth … Continue reading
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Tagged average joe, eighth grade, handful, hebrew academy, pits, pulpit, rabbi, Rabbis
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Los Angeles Jewish Day School Crunch
The Los Angeles Times reports: At Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills, increasing numbers of cash-strapped families are asking for financial assistance or more time to pay tuition. Trustees at Yeshivat Yavneh in Hancock Park are setting aside additional … Continue reading
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Tagged Hancock Park, hebrew academy, Los Angeles Times, Orthodox Union, schools in southern california, tuition trustees
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Changes At Shalhevet
Here’s a recent email that went out from Shalhevet (Modern Orthodox day school in LA): In our relentless pursuit of Excellence in Education, Shalhevet School is pleased to welcome Rabbi Rodney Feinerman as its new Educational Director beginning with the … Continue reading
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KAMRAN SHAKIBAN VS. ATERET ISRAEL ET. AL
Subj: SC101653 CASE NAME: KAMRAN SHAKIBAN VS. ATERET ISRAEL ET. AL Case Type: Premises Liablty (e.g. slip & fall (General Jurisdiction) Case#: SC101653 CASE NAME: KAMRAN SHAKIBAN VS. ATERET ISRAEL ET. AL. Parties: ISRAEL ATERET – Defendant,NATAN ELI HEBREW ACADEMY … Continue reading
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Like Father, Like Son
Many of the contentious issues Morey Levovitz had at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy his late father Abe had at Maimonides School in Brookline, MA. Abe had a much more successful reign, however. Abe ran Maimonides for decades. Morey got pushed … Continue reading
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