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Tag Archives: rabbi dovid
Rabbi Dovid Cohen Of Ohel
Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a16028/News/New_York.html 06/10/2009 by Staff Report The halachic adviser to Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services, which receives millions of dollars in state and federal money, told a Bergenfield, N.J., synagogue audience in 2007 that tax evasion is permissible under … Continue reading
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Tagged congregation beth abraham, controversial remarks, mental health professionals, rabbi cohen, rabbi dovid, tax evasion
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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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Tagged blind obedience, fish salt, foster care adoption, hebrew academy, rabbi dovid, same sex parents
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I Got An Email From Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky
Yesterday, I emailed Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky this comment by a blogger: “Two weeks before Rosh Hashana and in the context of an apology, Orlofsky feels free to insult bloggers who objected to the Slifkin ban. Those bloggers include rabbis, students, … Continue reading
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Tagged kurland, personal thoughts, rabbi dovid, rosh hashana, slifkin ban, unemployed men
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Orthodox Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky Attacks Bloggers
Here’s the controversy. Rabbi Shimon Kurland writes: Thank you for your email regarding Rabbi Orlofsky. The clip you heard on the internet was from a shiur Rabbi Orlofsky gave over five years ago to a group of Kollel students in … Continue reading
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Is Leib Tropper related to the Tropper in LA that opened the “home school” Yeshiva?
From UOJ: The LA Tropper is a nephew, the son of Rabbi Dovid Tropper. They both taught in various LA yeshivas. The tapes: http://www.2shared.com/file/10008550/23589caa/Leibs_contract_2.html http://www.2shared.com/file/10008637/e92010d6/Leibs_contract.html http://www.2shared.com/file/10008381/e57caec3/rebbetzinAdmission.html
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Telshe Yeshiva College Falling Apart
The oldest yeshiva in America has a new administration. The Gifter family (which ran Telshe from 1964) is out in the cold. The powers now at Telshe include jeweler Jonah Sheinbaum, and rabbis Levitansky, Goldberg and Greenwald. Employees at Telshe … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, rabbi aaron, rabbi dovid, rabbi moshe feinstein, rabbi yisroel, yeshiva college
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Rabbis Vs Journalists
The Jewish Week reported in its June 10, 2009 issue: The halachic adviser to Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services, which receives millions of dollars in state and federal money, told a Bergenfield, N.J., synagogue audience in 2007 that tax … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Dovid Cohen, R. Steven Pruzansky, Rabbis
Tagged congregation beth abraham, controversial remarks, mental health professionals, rabbi cohen, rabbi dovid, tax evasion
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Do Rabbis Avi Weiss, Saul Berman Deserve To Be Called ‘Amalek’?
Yehuda posts to Hirhurim: Gil, it’s lovely you’re so tolerant. I’m glad you know what they mean. Despite your tolerance, I think anyone calling you, Rabbis Weiss or Berman, or any other Torah opinions "Amalek" deserves a public rebuke, and … Continue reading
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Tagged beit midrash, lawrence kaplan, public apology, rabbi david, rabbi dovid, torah scholars
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Tranquility Bay
The Awareness Center posts March 28: Isaac Hersh was being held at Tranquility Bay, a boot camp in Jamaica, which was known for using severe corporal punishment on the children. Allegations have been made that Isaac’s parents (Miriam and Michael … Continue reading
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