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The Minyan Offers Human Solidarity
Rabbi Elazar Muskin writes: Author Hillel Halkin, reviewing the Koren Sacks Siddur in the spring 2010 Jewish Review of Books, recounts a charming story that he heard from his father: “My father, who prayed with great kavanah [concentration] yet was … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon prayer, human solidarity, jewish tradition, minyan, musaf, rabbi elazar
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Rabbi Gershon Bess Vs. Rabbi Yehuda Bukspan
In the mid 1980s, Rabbi Gershon Bess began moving on his plan to reinvigorate the RCC and make it the Beit Din in town. He began moving on his plan to overtake Rabbi Yehuda Bukspan for kashrut supremacy (certifying restaurants, … Continue reading
Posted in R. Avraham Teichman, R. Elazar Muskin, R. Gershon Bess, R. Yehuda Bukspan, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Rabbis, RCC
Tagged adin steinsaltz, lincoln square synagogue, rabbi adin steinsaltz, rabbi elazar, rabbi steinsaltz, rabbi yehuda
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LA’s Modern Orthodox Rabbis Launch Ethical Business Certification
Here’s the press release: March 1, 2009 will mark the launching of Peulat Sachir: The Ethical Labor Initiative. (Peulat Sachir is Hebrew for “the worker’s wage”.) Founded by several L.A. Orthodox rabbis in conjunction with leaders in the business and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson
Tagged beth jacob congregation, judea congregation, nai david, orthodox rabbis, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef
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Congregation Mogen David Still Kicking
The shul has a building and a fat bank account but few members. Gabe Elias, who says he is an ordained Orthodox rabbi, has been running the place since getting rid of Rabbi Jonathan Muskat in 2003. Around 2006, about … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashkenazim, kiddish, orthodox rabbi, rabbi elazar, Sephardim, shul
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I’m Tired Of The Fluffy Treatment The Jewish Journal Gives ‘Progressive’ Orthodox Judaism
The rabbis must be happy when they can have one of their own write these stories. That way they won’t be asked any tough questions. This is what I call unethical journalism — having someone you control report on you. … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Bnai David-Judea, Daniel Korobkin, Ethics, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, YICC
Tagged judea congregation, nai david, postville iowa, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef, state and federal labor laws
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What Is The West Coast Rabbinical Court?
I think it is for Sephardic Jews. It is run by Rabbi Gavriel Cohen whose claim to fame is his ability get divorces from men reluctant to give their wife a get (Jewish divorce) so she can remarry. I believe … Continue reading
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Tagged cautious optimism, claim to fame, conservative leaders, euro trade, gavriel, jewish divorce, Jewish Journal, jewish nation, muskin, orthodox rabbis, rabbi cohen, rabbi elazar, rabbinate, rabbinical council of california, rabbinical court, reform rabbis, responsible approach, sephardic jews, uniter not a divider, Young Israel
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