Tag Archives: Young Israel

How Do LA’s Orthodox Rabbis Determine Their Moral Priorities?

All three Modern Orthodox shuls in Pico-Robertson — Bnai David-Judea, Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Century City — email their members to regularly rally outside the home of Meir Kin’s parents to protest his refusal to give a Jewish … Continue reading

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The Streits Matza Controversy

David Deutsch writes for Heeb Magazine’s blog Jewdar: Let’s first of all get some conflict of interest issues out of the way: Yes, Streit’s has been a longtime advertiser in Heeb. And yes, Heeb‘s own associate director of business David … Continue reading

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My Wishes For The New Month

I always do what my teachers tell me and what my rabbis tell me and now I do what my gurus tell me. If their teachings clash, I’ll leave it to God to sort it out. He made me the … Continue reading

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Yakkov Burk Vs. Jewish Resource Center

Lawrence Mischel used to run with Meir Kahane’s JDL. He and his wife have left town after blowing up many of their friendships over their lawsuits against Young Israel of Beverly Hills. This is the ugliest lawsuit Pico-Robertson has seen … Continue reading

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YIBH Lockout

I understand that the regular membership of YIBH (Young Israel of Beverly Hills) on Pico and Shenandoah has been locked out by a court order acting on the request of the caterers (Sue and Lawrence Mischel).

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