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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
Posted in Yeshiva
Tagged chief rabbi, rabbi aaron, rabbi dovid, rabbi moshe feinstein, rabbi yisroel, yeshiva college
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What’s The Scoop On Telshe Yeshiva College?
It is located at 28400 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, OH 44092. (440) 943-5300 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, euclid ave, greenwald, new administration, rabbi aaron, rabbi meir, rabbi mordechai, rabbi moshe feinstein, rabbi yisroel, wickliffe oh, yeshiva college
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Orthodox Rabbis Claim There’s No Liberal Bent To Traditional European Jews
BERLIN (JTA) — Orthodox rabbis in Europe challenged the interpretations of a new study that suggests a liberal bent among some traditional European Jews. The reported results "raised both a frown and bewilderment" among Orthodox rabbis, according to a statement … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged european jews, JTA, orthodox rabbis, rabbi yisroel, rce, spiritual leaders
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A Rabbi’s Curious Allegations
Nathan Lewin writes for The Jewish Press: In a front-page article asserting that minors had been hired to work in an Iowa kosher meat-packing plant and in an editorial calling the plant the modern equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged meat packing plant, media frenzy, nathan lewin, orthodox rabbi, rabbi shmuel, rabbi yisroel
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Is Chabad A Personality Cult?
Chabad is so far out of the Jewish mainstream that most Orthodox rabbis don’t waste their ammunition attacking it, just as they don’t spend much time anymore attacking the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism. Here’s an exception.. From shmais.com: … Continue reading
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Tagged ammunition, belsky, executive vice, hersh, Judaism, mainstream, news service, orthodox rabbis, personality cult, rabbi yisroel, rebbe, rosh yeshiva, streams, Torah, tzvi, vice president
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
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