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Tag Archives: kiddush
I Don’t Drink Or Smoke Or Lend My Bum To Other Blokes
I just read a great essay against vegetarianism. I’m a life-long vegetarian. Not from conviction but from habit. It increasingly looks to me like vegetarianism is not healthy. There are some things I was raised with that I just don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged blokes, gag reflex, kiddush, taste of alcohol, vegetarianism
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Meeting Girls At Kiddish
A friend emails: "I finally took heed of your suggestion and went to synagogue. Beginners service at a modern Orthodox synagogue. Very uplifting. As for uplifting skirts, lots of nubile Jewesses there. Having them separated during the service makes them … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged girls, kiddush, orthodox synagogue, suggestion
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I’m Live On My Cam And Practicing My Kiddush
I have severe kiddush performance anxiety syndrome. Click here to join the conversation. I’m answering shailos and issuing teshuvos and bestowing semicha (rabbinic ordination) and converting goyim to Orthodox Judaism. All on my cam! All my decisions are honored by … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged amazon, disciple, engineer, faith, ford, ford books, Jews, kiddush, luke ford, nbsp, new books, performance anxiety, personal tutorials, Torah
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What’s new in that nasty dispute at Young Israel of Beverly Hills?
It’s a broken down shul on Pico near Shenandoah. I heard about this new lawsuit against the shul president Howard Zisblatt: YAKKOV BURK VS. LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD B. ZISBLATT INC. ETALCase#: SC097363. Filing Date: 03/07/2008 Case Type: Othr Breach … Continue reading
Posted in YIBH
Tagged bitter dispute, breach of contract, caterer, complainer, deceiver, eviction notice, indigestion, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, mdash, open access, shabbat, shul, suissa, summons, vigorous defense, Young Israel
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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
Posted in Got Kosher, Harkham Hillel
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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Young Israel Of Beverly Hills
It’s a 40-year old shul on Pico Blvd that’s gone to pot. David Suissa writes his harshest column yet in this week’s Jewish Journal: After weeks of escalating tension, the story came to a head recently when a few tough-looking … Continue reading
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Tagged bitter dispute, breach of contract, caterer, complainer, deceiver, eviction notice, indigestion, Jewish Journal, kiddush, kitchen space, kosher certification, legal complaints, mdash, pico blvd, shabbat, shul, suissa, summons, vigorous defense, Young Israel
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