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...

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...

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...

Pat’s is catering and Rabbi Steven Weil is officiating and I assume informant Robert Kasirer is footing the bill. Much of the community is outraged at Pat’s and Rabbi Weil. Does anyone have a photo of Robert Kasirer? What is the name of the son who is getting married and what is the name...

Joe emails: To those who learn torah in the brisker method, the crucial portion of the analysis in torah learning, or any other field, is to ascertain the distinquishing characteristic between two occurrences and then the analysis is bulletproof. Your being barred from Pico Rob shuls and probably ne...

Steven Weil of Beth Jacob is a CEO with semicha (rabbinic ordination). Elazar Muskin is the quintessential shul rabbi. He devotes himself to his community. He sets aside Fridays to call widows and shut-ins, etc to wish them a Gut Shabbos. He visits the sick. He brings soup. He’s there for his ...

Bozoer Rebbe emails: Luke, In your page on R. Weil you made the following statement:   As he did in Detroit (creating much controversy), Rabbi Weil immediately started kicking people out of Beth Jacob to create a safe community. Though I’ve never been a member of Young Israel of Oak Park,...

I stand by my story. I believe that much of what is alleged in the following is wrong. My readers can decide who they want to believe. Gadi Pickholz, chair of the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council, writes: Luke We have been one of your few staunch supporters over the years, but you completely l...

A prominent member of the largest Orthodox synagogue west of the Mississippi is the essential figure — without him, this could not have happened — in the recent takedown of the  grand rabbi of Spinka, Naftali Tzi Weisz, 59, and his assistant, Moshe E. Zigelman, 60, and six other Ort...