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Tag Archives: Kollel
Pico-Robertson Gets A New Shul – The LINK Shul
Email: With great and bursting praise to the Almighty, we formally announce the beginning of the New LINK Shul – an offshoot of the LINK Kollel. Where will the shul be located? In our Kollel, 1453 Robertson – corner of … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged Kollel, mechitza, mincha, new shul, preschool facility, types of jews
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Email Tampering Got R. Pilichowski Fired From Beth Jacob
Norm emails: After 10 days, you have succeeded only in “uncovering” the facts that the entire city knows. Your sources must be drying up. Yes, Rabbi Uri Pilichowski was forced to resign, and it was very sad coming after his … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, R. Uri Pilichowski
Tagged assistant rabbi, Beth Jacob, beth jacob congregation, beverly hills ca, ceo job, e mail, eldest daughter, entire city, job prospects, Kollel, Orthodox Union, rabbi, shiurim, youth group leaders
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What Animates Rabbi Gershon Bess?
He’s the most powerful Orthodox rabbi in Los Angeles. The yeshiva and kollel communities look to him for guidance. He is the power behind the RCC. What does he want? What is his vision? He strikes me as a man … Continue reading
Posted in R. Gershon Bess, R. Yehuda Bukspan
Tagged bess, David Rue, gershon, Kollel, orthodox community, orthodox rabbi, rabbi elyashiv, RCC
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How’s The Kollel Working Out At Beth Jacob?
On the surface, it looks like a mismatch. A source told me in September of 2007: This Kollel will be housed at Beth Jacob — one of the shuls whose black-hatted offspring, as you report, now attend AT. How does … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Haredi
Tagged Beth Jacob, Kollel, orthodox institution, rabbi gradon, yeshiva world, YICC
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Rabbi Gershon Bess
I got a copy of City Spirit (a glossy bimonthly) thrown in with my groceries at Glatt Mart yesterday. Leafing through the articles, I paid particular attention to how the writers described themselves. Here’s Rabbi Gershon Bess‘s description — I … Continue reading
Posted in Eliyahu Safran, R. Gershon Bess, R. YY Rubinstein, RCC
Tagged city spirit, halachic authority, Kollel, Orthodox Union, rabbi eliyahu safran, rabbinical council of california
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What’s Going To Happen To Beth Jacob’s Kollel?
Rabbi Steven Weil raised the money for it but he’s leaving town. So who’s going to pay for the kollel (where married men get a stipend to study Torah all day, God, what I wouldn’t give for a gig like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Jacob, groundswell, Kollel, shul
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Another View On Yossi Shereshevsky
A rabbi writes: Levi, Not sure how you get the best scoops on these stories (Mordechai Gafni, Isaac Hersh), but your info seems the most complete. Regarding "Sherry", what we called Yossi as a teenager, here’s the other side of … Continue reading
Posted in Sharashefsky
Tagged bitter divorce, contradictions, decade, east coast, hersh, israel goldstein, Kollel, orthodox community, orthodox woman, perfidy, personal knowledge, rabbi yossi, religious court, rogues, scoops, shabbat, sherry, signs, teenager, whitewash
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