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Valley Village To Get A Happy Minyan
Many of us find that the only time we enjoy davening is when we’re rocking out at the Happy Minyan, which prays to Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach melodies. Now I hear that the San Fernando Valley is getting its own Happy … Continue reading
Posted in Happy Minyan, R. Shlomo Carlebach
Tagged Aish HaTorah, minyan, rabbi shlomo carlebach, San Fernando Valley, toras
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The Miserable Jews
I just watched this cool 1998 movie starring Rabbi Yosef Blau as Inspector Javert and Rabbi Marc Winiarz as Jean Valjean. It was a thriller! Winiarz was imprisoned at age nineteen for stealing forbidden fourteen year old loving when he was a starving yeshiva … Continue reading
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Tagged daughter cosette, inspector javert, jean valjean, rabbi shlomo carlebach, rabbi yosef, yeshiva student
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As Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Turns
Marc has been at the front of every development in Modern Orthodoxy for 30 years. He has been an incarnation of the movement’s various twists and turns. He has the ability to merge with his favorite thinkers. Around 1980, Elazar … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, hebrew academy, muskin, purim party, rabbi riskin, rabbi shlomo carlebach, rabbi shlomo riskin, soloveitchik, spiritual artist, straight arrows
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Jewish author connected to Rabbi Hershy Worch’s former synagogue (Hamakom Synagogue) in Australia writes a book about an abusive Rabbi
Jewish Whistleblower writes: Jewish author connected to Rabbi Hershy Worch’s former synagogue (Hamakom Synagogue) in Australia writes a book about an abusive Rabbi who is "a charismatic US rabbi who rides into town on a page of Kabbalah, bringing with … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Hershy Worch
Tagged abuse of power, australian jewish news, authorit, enchantment, global dilemma, hershy, irresistible mix, jewish whistleblower, jewish youth, masters and disciples, mystical teachings, narrow confines, protagonists, psychological thriller, rabbi shlomo carlebach, Rabbis, rsquo, sweet melodies, Synagogue, zionism
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