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‘Tova is a breath of fresh air, Rabbi Rabbs a problem’
Greg emails: Hi Luke, I really enjoyed your post about Tova Schreiber. After so much troubling commentary, it is such a relief to hear a Jewish voice that offers possibility for rapprochement between goys and Jews. I used to be … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Orthodoxy, R. Rabbs, Tova Schreiber
Tagged benjamin netanyahu, Dennis Prager, heshy, jewish neighborhood, orthodox jews, protestant work ethic
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Rabbi Rabbs’s Controversial Statements
Rabbi Rabbs writes on his Facebook page: Today’s Controversial Statement #1: G-d, His Torah, and His children the Jews form a trinity. We are One. Thus, anybody that hates us Jews, hates G-d. Anybody that hates G-d or trashes Judaism … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, R. Rabbs
Tagged comedy routine, conservative jew, controversial statement, jewish neighborhood, orthodox jews, rabbs
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Cock Flavoured Soup
A friend emails: "I saw this soup mix in Shop Rite yesterday–if it hadn’t been erev yom kippur, and in a Jewish neighborhood where maaris eyin is a problem, I would have grabbed some."
Posted in Food
Tagged friend emails, jewish neighborhood, shop rite, soup mix, yom kippur
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Rabbi Elior Chen Arrested In South America
From Haaretz: SAO PAULO – Local police yesterday arrested an ultra-Orthodox rabbi suspected of seriously abusing Jerusalem children, one of whom is in a vegetative state. Police officers nabbed Rabbi Elior Chen on a street corner in the Bom Retiro … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Elior Chen
Tagged brazilian police, elior, jewish neighborhood, orthodox jewish community, orthodox rabbi, state police officers
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San Fernando Valley Jewish Vigilantes Threatening To Form Committees
Disco Duck emails: Levi, I have two things to share. First is that on the first night of Pesach this year my family was assaulted by anti-Semites on the way home from a Seder at 3:30 AM. These punks drove … Continue reading
Posted in San Fernando Valley, Shomrim
Tagged amp, anti semites, committees, crimes, disco duck, empty beer bottles, first night, jewish community, jewish neighborhood, LAPD, levi, neighborhood watch group, punks, radio contact, San Fernando Valley, seder, sfv, shul, strength in numbers, suspicious activity, vigilante group
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I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun! Kevin Roderick reports: Regarding this afternoon’s item on a shortage of matzoh for Passover, mileages vary: "I noticed the shortage too! I live in a very Jewish neighborhood…..near Pico/Robertson…closer to Pico/Fairfax. At my "ghetto" … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged gelson, grocery stores, jewish family, jewish friends, jewish neighborhood, kevin roderick, local market, manischevitz, matzoh, mileages, Passover, pavillions, quot quot, ralphs, rest of the week, ridicule, Santa Monica, shtetl, water and salt, weho
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