From Beth Jacob: To the Los Angeles Jewish Community, ORA: The Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, is organizing a rally to protest the abusive behavior of Meir Kin, who is mesarev le-din by the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC). Our posek, Rav Hershel Schachter, shlit"a, fully supp...

Did you hear that Rabbi Weil convened a special OU meeting/retreat of some sorts in Los Angeles with six of the top rabbis in the country? What went on there? A source says: "It was a rabbinic training event for nearly – and newly – ordained rabbis. Jonathan Rosenblatt, the rabbi fr...

Because he did not apply. Rabbi Korobkin was the runner-up to Steven Weil in the 2000 search for a successor to Abner Weiss. He did not throw his hat in the ring this go round. By temperament, Rabbi Korobkin is more of a scholar than a pulpit rabbi. I believe he’s pursuing a PhD in Islam at UC...

YID emails: I have always wondered why you have such animus towards Rabbi Steven Weil and anyone who has anything to do with him. I have attended Beth Jacob since the time Rabbi Dolgin was there and have seen many rabbis pass through it’s doors. Some were certainly better than others, but gene...

David Suissa writes: There I was poolside, on day three of our vacation, fumbling with four water glasses I was bringing to my dehydrated kids, and who do I run into? The one guy I see most Friday mornings on Pico Boulevard when I pick up challahs for Shabbat: my friend Julien Bohbot, owner of Delic...

Rabbi Steven Weil is leaving Beth Jacob to run the OU. Moses emails: "In a shul that generally limits its kiruv effort to machers, it is interesting that it has thrown its Israel campaign dollars behind the OU’s campaign for spiritual ammunition for soldiers." Rabbi Weil has always e...

Until I was 20, I used to go to church almost every Sabbath. I never recall security guards. Yet I have almost never been to a shul on Shabbat that did not have a security guard. Here’s the email from YICC: Dear Members, In light of the situation in Israel, we will be extra cautious this Shabb...

Joe emails: Hey Luke, I am a big fan of your blog. I was hoping you have updates/information on the following stories you posted. 1). David Mazlin - last you posted he pleaded guilty in court and is now listed on the Megan’s Law website as an official sicko/ sexual predator. Is his wife still ...

Rabbis Steven Weil of Beth Jacob, Elazar Muskin of YICC and Yosef Kanefsky of Bnai David-Judea all rank at the top of any list of America’s leading Modern Orthodox rabbis. Various Angelenos are honored in the Forward’s latest list of 50 influential Jews. As with the following case, the p...

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, July 14, at Be...