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Young Israel Has To Go?
A college student, Rebecca Blady, blogs: I’ve been thinking a lot about the impending schism in Orthodox Judaism in America. I’ll be perfectly honest and tell you flat out I’m pro-schism: Whether the moguls of the Orthodox world like it … Continue reading
Posted in Young Israel
Tagged feature article from, judaism in america, member synagogues, national council of young israel, normative judaism, orthodox judaism
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Jennifer Garner Files Restraining Order, Young Israel of Beverly Hills Sues Sue & Lawrence Mischel
Case Type: Civil Harassment (General Jurisdiction) Case#: BS117785 CASE NAME: JENNIFER GARNER AFFLECK VS STEVEN R BURKY Parties: BURKY STEVEN R. – PL/PET Attorneys: BERK BLAIR ESQ. – Attorney for PL/PET Date Filed: 11/07/2008 Case Type: Quiet Title (General Jurisdiction) … Continue reading
Posted in Law, YIBH
Tagged attorney law office, civil harassment, jennifer garner affleck, jewish resource, jurisdiction case, national council of young israel, resource center inc, santa monica ca
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Orthodox Rabbis In California Push For Proposition 8
There’s a two-page ad in the latest issue of the Jewish Journal that reads in part: The constitutional amendment "that marriage is only between one man and one woman." This is crucial for the sake of our families, for our … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Orthodoxy
Tagged Agudath Israel, national council of young israel, orthodox jewish congregations, parshat noach, rabbinical council of california, union of orthodox jewish congregations
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Debating Kosher Ethics
From the New York Times: An immigration raid at the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant has opened a wide rift among Jewish leaders over the company’s ethical conduct and led to new interest in a campaign to create wage and … Continue reading
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Tagged agriprocessors inc, meatpacking plant, national council of young israel, postville iowa, rabbi allen, united synagogue of conservative judaism
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A Group Of Orthodox Rabbis Give Agriprocessors A Clean Bill Of Health
If you’ve been reading me, you know I don’t think Agriprocessors is much worse than any other meat processing plant. I don’t know anything about the place beyond what I read online. But how stupid are the following rabbis to … Continue reading
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Tagged chicago rabbinical council, federal immigration authorities, kosher consumers, meat packing plant, national council of young israel, synagogue association
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Israeli Angle In Spitzer Scandal
Let’s keep it real — there are a disproportionate number of secular Jews in the sex industry. Ron Kampeas writes for JTA: A fast-rising Democratic governor, an out-of-control sex drive and an Israeli enabler — it feels like deja vu … Continue reading
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Tagged democratic governor, disproportionate number, dolinger, flight risk, governor of new jersey, james mcgreevey, jewish lawyer, jewish organizations, longtime leader, national council of young israel, New York Times, northeastern state, profile wall, prostitution ring, secular jews, security chief, sex industry, state attorney general, wall street targets, world jewish congress
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