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Tag Archives: rabbi menachem
The Jewish Indiana Jones Turns Out To Be A Fraud
This story is getting a lot of play around the Jewish world. The New York Times reports: He described himself as a risk-taking rabbi who had been “beaten up, thrown in jail and gone $175,000 into debt” on “expeditions” to … Continue reading
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Tagged bergen belsen, concentration camps, private school tuition, rabbi menachem, torahs, york times reports
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New Indian Chabad House Seeks Out Gentiles
Maybe Judaism has a mission to the world? Dennis Prager will approve. From the Jerusalem Post: Gentiles will be the focus of a new Chabad House to be opened in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state. Inspired to increase its activities … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, himachal pradesh, jerusalem post, rabbi menachem, seven noahide laws, tibetan government in exile
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Chairman of Yeshiva University Business School Arrested in $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Gadi Pickholz emails: Chairman of Yeshiva University Syms School of Business indicted in one of the largest ponzi schemes in history, as much as $50 BILLION — not million. Sorry, something is fundamentally wrong. From an analytic and statistical approach, … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Yeshiva University
Tagged fundraising capabilities, probability charts, rabbi menachem, sexual scandals, university business school, Yeshiva University
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OU Threatens To Withdraw Kosher Certification For Agriprocessors
Julia Preston writes for the New York Times: The leading Jewish authority in charge of certifying kosher food has threatened to withdraw its certification from the products of Agriprocessors Inc., the nation’s largest kosher meatpacker, after criminal charges for more … Continue reading
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Tagged agriprocessors inc, criminal misdemeanor, jewish households, misdemeanor charges, postville iowa, rabbi menachem
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Situation at Agriprocessors
Lynda Waddington writes: Hispanics who worked at the Agriprocessors plant prior to the May 12 immigration raid, told stories of sexual and financial coercion. Some workers who came to and left Postville in the weeks following the raid have spoken … Continue reading
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Tagged broken promises, child labor law, federal immigration, jewish workers, kosher poultry, rabbi menachem
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Rabbi Levi Meir Is Dead
Beth Jacob emails: "We announce with sorrow the passing of Rabbi Levi Meier, husband of Marcie Meier, father of Chana Gelb, Isaac & Yosef Meier, Malka Grebnau and brother of Rabbi Menachem Meier. The funeral service will take place tomorrow, Monday, … Continue reading
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The Rebbe & Ronald Reagan
From Chabad.org: The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory and President Ronald Reagan enjoyed a deep relationship for many years. Mr. Reagan displayed a profound respect toward the Rebbe and his teachings. The President was an early and … Continue reading
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Tagged persistent belief, president ronald reagan, priceless documents, rabbi menachem, soviet jews, world faith
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OU Admits Replacement Of Sholom Rubashkin Ploy To Keep Kosher Supervision
FailedMessiah posts: Rabbi Menachem Genack of the OU has admitted what many of us thought all along – the "ouster" of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin as Agriprocessors CEO is… …nothing more than a ploy to help the OU leave its mark … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Agriprocessors, Orthodox Union
Tagged agri products, Agriprocessors, ethics and morality, kosher supervision, rabbi menachem, rubashkin
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Who Is Cincinnati Chabad Rabbi Sholom Kalmanson?
On April 16, I got an email from somebody calling himself the "Satmarer Chosid" poking fun of Rabbi Kalmanson‘s emotional speech about the rebbe (Rabbi Menachem Schneerson). On April 17, I got more emails criticizing Rabbi Kalmanson. I surfed the … Continue reading
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After His Death, He Was Promoted To The Rank Of Jew
From Haaretz: Yesmao Yela’o was preparing to visit his mother in Ethiopia, whom he had not seen in five years, but the Second Lebanon War started and he was called up. "He told me that if he comes back from … Continue reading
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Tagged absorption center, ayelet hashahar, chief rabbinate, childhood friend, christian mother, combat training, ethiopian immigrants, golani brigade, haaretz, hezbollah fighters, jewish agency, kibbutz, lebanon war, postal authority, pre dawn, rabbi menachem, squad commander, western sector, yaron, yela
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