Free High Holiday Tickets At The Jewish Center

Sadly, this was lost and buried in the previous posting:

Do you need High Holiday Tickets?

Free Synagogue High Holiday Tickets

at the JEWISH CENTER OF TEANECK

to new members of the community

(those who have lived in the area for two years or less).

70 Sterling Place

We all know there is something very special about the High Holidays. 

It’s a time when all Jews want to connect to the community…

and EZ Key will help you do just that with this exciting offer of free High Holidays tickets 

for at the Jewish Center of Teaneck in your area.

For the High Holidays 2012, synagogues in the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey area 

are opening their doors to new members of the community* and offering them High Holiday tickets   

(those who have lived in the area for two years or less), as a way of saying “Welcome.”

To participate in this one-time offer per individual/family, click here: request free tickets  

and let us welcome you with free tickets to celebrate the holidays at the synagogue.

THE JEWISH CENTER OF TEANECK
IS THE ONLY 
PARTICIPATING
ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE 
IN THE ENTIRE BERGEN COUNTY!


Tell a friend!!!!!

Offer ends September 7, 2012



* Please note:  This offer is valid for family members residing at the same address (parents and children up to age 25).  Children age 25 or older may apply for their own EZ Key tickets.  Every effort will be made to accommodate your request for High Holiday tickets and to honor your synagogue preference.  However, we cannot guarantee availability.

Something Kosher Is Happening At The Center

Taking a break in the action to bring an important report from 
The ORTHODOX Jewish Center of Teaneck.

Board Bits: A Report on the June 6 Center Board Meeting
A discussion took place about the possibility of the Jewish Center joining the Orthodox Union (OU).
Questions were raised as to whether the benefi ts of membership would outweigh the costs.
David Schwartz discussed the advantages of joining:
The OU can provide many services to “new growth synagogues,”
including mission statements, strategic planning, mentoring, growing membership,
program ideas and execution, youth department, Shabbatonim, committees,
support groups, fundraising and budgeting, promotion, guidance in office management,
activism, and public policy.

They have a formula for determining dues based on membership,
but they have said they will work with us,
and money will not be an deterrent to our joining.

A motion was made and seconded that the Jewish Center join the OU;
the motion passed.

MacDougal's Take: 
We have never allied with any organization since the beginning of the Center's existence and stayed independent of the Conservative movement. In order to become and mainstream synagogue acceptable to all walks of Orthodoxy, now is the right time to join the OU. The Orthodox Union is an organization that is open to all different types of Jews, including those becoming more and more affiliated with Orthodoxy. This is the right move at the right time. Kudos Rabbi Lawrence Zierler and the religious committee on a job well done.

Free High Holiday Tickets at the Jewish Center 
Free High Holiday Tickets at the Jewish Center to New Members of the Community
Who Have Lived In The Area For Two Years Or Less
Contact the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey For More Information Click on the link…
FREE HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS

Tell a friend!!!!!



This posting has been certified Kosher

Classic Musings #1: Paradise Lost

The Classic Musings series was created to repost older musings that are relevant today. Its especially helpful for those who have not been following the blog from the beginning.

A history lesson that was originally posted March 18, 2010. Everything you ever wanted to know about the origin of Ohr Saadya/Etz Chaim/ToraS Chesed/Torat Chesed is in this posting.


Once upon a time, Rabbi Daniel Feldman and his minyan were victims of slavery in the bondage of the Jewish Center of Teaneck. Rabbi Feldman couldn't handle the edicts of the spiritual ruler of the JCT, Pharoh Zierler. His 3Cs were mightier than 10 plagues and so Rabbi Feldman wrote a letter severing the relationship of the Jewish Center and the Orthodox members of his minyan. The letter was read at a Board Meeting and in doing so, he sacrificed the goodwill that was left between the Board of the Jewish Center and the Mechitza Minyan members of Merkaz L'Torah that would have stayed behind. He led his congregants out of the bondage of slavery in the Jewish Center of Teaneck and to the promised land of self determination. Pharoh Zierler did not chase after the Center members that left. Que Sera Sera. Pharoh Zierler had his own plans for the future of Orthodoxy at the Jewish Center of Teaneck.

Rabbi Feldman, and his group of Orthodox that left the Center with him, wandered from house to house in the wilderness until they set up temporary camp in CareOne. There were a few weeks of calm and stability. Rabbi Feldman set up a Board that he was to lean on for guidance and advice, but they were not taken seriously. His advisors, who guided Rabbi Daniel Feldman to remove his minyan from the Jewish Center, were still in charge and a rift began to form. The Original Mechitza Minyan members who trailblazed the way for the Orthodox community to feel comfortable at the Jewish Center of Teaneck were quickly relegated to the background and the amazing group of people that came together in such a short period of time moved to the forefront.

The group was named Torat Chesed, Torah of Kindness, and were incorporated, in May 2007, using the names of Original Mechitza Minyan members who did not approve the usage of their names on the documents of incorporation. There was talk of the group merging with The Teaneck Shul, a prayer group located near Arzei Darom, a prayer group that was allegedly begun to help their friend with his courtcase. There was talk of getting Rabbi Feldman paid, buying a house on Chadwick, being a satellite for the Teaneck Mikvah and other issues to distract the Original Mechitza Minyan members. Very soon there were activities attempting to get the two groups, the Teaneck Shul and Torat Chesed, to get to know each other, to possibly merge.

Finally, everything came to a head when Rabbi Daniel Feldman took a job with the Teaneck Shul, complete with salary and 554 Queen Anne Rd, and left the Original Mechitzah Minyan members in the wilderness of CareOne. All of his new friends left with him. To add insult to injury, he designated CareOne as a sattelite minyan for his Congregants to pray there on Sundays and Legal Holidays. His new Congregation incorporated in September 2007 as 554 Queen Anne, Inc. DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck.

While all of this was going on, from May to September 2007, Torat Chesed collected donations and dues for membership. Checks were being made to Torat Chesed and being cashed in the Torat Chesed bank account. In or about July, there was a change of address where donations and dues were to be sent and there was a request for checks to be made out to ToraS Chesed instead of ToraT Chesed. Monies that were earmarked checks written out for ToraT Chesed, were being deposited in a ToraS Chesed bank account. What was the need for a second bank account? Inquiries were made as to why there was a change and they were greated with a flippant attitude. Some people were told that some people say Tora"t" and some say Tora"s". Its just a matter of what pronunciation you were brought up with. Some inquiries were met with extreme venom.

There was to be no land of Milk and Honey, no giant grapes or land for the hapless Orthodox people that didn't follow Rabbi Feldman to the Promised Land, to the land of strong Cedar trees in the South, on the Path of Peace near the House of Aaron. Rabbi Feldman did what was best for himself and his family, in the short term, while harming his reputation and shirking his duties as the leader of all of his people. He tried to keep the peace by silencing the voices opposed to the merger and abandoning them in CareOne.

Those that were left behind were also defrauded by Rabbi Feldman's Minyan, 554 Queen Anne Rd, Inc DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck. It is unclear if Rabbi Feldman was personally involved with any of the shady dealings of his minyan's and now synagogue's leadership and Management Team.

ToraS Chesed is a corporation created in early July 2007 by the same person who incorporated ToraT Chesed. The names listed on the Documents of Incorporation of ToraS Chesed are same as 554 Queen Anne, Inc. From early July 2007-September ToraT Chesed, Inc. and ToraS Chesed, Inc. existed to service the same exact minyan.

The existence of ToraS Chesed, Inc. was kept secret from the Original Mechitza Minyan members. The ToraT Chesed checks were being deposited in the ToraS Chesed corporate bank account. ToraT Chesed's bank account's passbook began to collect dust from non-use.

Donors and members who wrote checks to ToraT were asked to sign a release absolving ToraS Chesed of any liability. Liability? What was/is 554 Queen Anne,Inc. DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck afraid of? ToraT Chesed and ToraS Chesed monies were one and the same! Right? ToraT Chesed already existed to represent Rabbi Daniel Feldman and all of his Congregants praying in CareOne. What was/is ToraS Chesed, Inc. and who did/does it represent? What is it's purpose?

ToraS Chesed, Inc. was created to collect money for Etz Chaim's future at 554 Queen Anne Rd. They knew that the ToraT Chesed members not following Rabbi Feldman to Etz Chaim would stop paying dues and donating money once they closed on 554 Queen Anne Rd. Its been alleged that they closed on 554 as ToraS Chesed, Inc. They tried to cover themselves by trying to get the ToraT Chesed donors and dues payers to sign a waiver absolving ToraS Chesed, Inc.of any liability and that they will not take any legal action against ToraS Chesed, Inc. After a ton of pressure, ToraS Chesed, Inc. became the Etz Chaim of Teaneck that we know and love.

Etz Chaim wants the Board of Adjustments to forget their history and their shady past. But as the BOA and the neighbors found out very quickly The Song Remains The Same.

It is upon us, this time of year, to remember and retell all that has befallen our old dear friends of the, now defunct, Mechitza Minyan. Please come home to the Jewish Center of Teaneck, your home until Moshiach comes.

Keeping Up With The Joneses

It was only a matter of time.

Not to be outdone by Arzei Darom's Rabbi Aharon Ciment, Etz Chaim/Ohr Saadya's Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Beth Aaron's Rabbi Lawrence Rothwachs and Rachelle Mandelbaum (who was involved in all of their construction projects), Rabbi Lawrence Zierler got himself a new ride and into the construction game.

Since Rachelle doesn't have influence or involvement in the construction at the Jewish Center of Teaneck, one can assume there will be no conflicts and everything will be done for the betterment of the members of the now Orthodox Jewish Center.

The new Mikvah on Sterling, on the other hand,

The Shul Who May Not Be Named

Which is Rabbi Daniel Feldman's real PPG (private prayer group)?

How many names can one place have?

• The Teaneck Shul
• The Teaneck Shtibul
• Torat Chessed
• Toras Chessed
• Etz Chaim
• Ohr Saadya
• 544 Queen Anne, Inc.
• The Shteibshul
• Another name?

They have currently decided to follow the money and go with Ohr Saadya, which means light of the help of g-d. Sounds like a Mosque, which coincidentally is what I suggested they do in my posting Surefire Way To Get Approved On Wednesday.

It was named after Yaakov Abdelhak's grandfather, for a sizable donation of money of course. Who is Yaakov Abdelhak and why does he need a shul named after his grandfather? Better yet, why did the South of Cedar need ANOTHER private prayer group? What really happened to the Mechitza Minyan/Merkaz L'Torah at the Jewish Center of Teaneck? Why did Yaakov Abdelhak need a PPG of his own and why is the PPG suing Teaneck Township? 

Next time you visit Torat Chesed/Toras Chesed/Etz Chaim/Ohr Saadya ask these questions to Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Zalman Levine, Rochelle Mandelbaum, Allan (Chanan) Cohen, Levi Goldberg, Famous Urine Cake King, Robert Ehrlich or even Yaakov Abdelhak himself. I'm sure not only will you be fascinated by their "non" answers, but you will find them encouraging you to pray elsewhere.

Guest Posting: Goodbye Letter

by TiredOfTruthiness

For those of you still on the fence about whether or not Rabbi Feldman and his Etz Chaim congregants premeditated their leave from the Center to create a minyan without the members of the Mechitzah Minyan, here are some excerpts from Rabbi Feldman’s goodbye letter to the Board of the Jewish Center of Teaneck.

April 18, 2007

Rabbi Feldman explains his credentials to people who still look at him as little Daniel while taking a jab at the Board that would have loved to pay him for his services:

It must be understood that accepting this position was in no way in my professional interest, nor did I have reason to believe it would be. I was not seeking employment, nor was I in any way bored. While many in the Center remember me as a child growing up within its walls, it appears to be necessary to point out that I am no longer a child. I have what amounts to three rabbinic degrees, I have written four books, co-edited another six, and sit on the panel that sets halachic policy for the Rabbinical Council of America. I have been a faculty member at Yeshiva University since before I completed my studies there, and I serve there as well in the capacity of resource director and consultant for rabbis across the US and beyond. While the Jewish Center may not feel it is worth paying to have me speak, more than sixty synagogues and organizations in five countries have felt differently. I work three jobs to support my family, and those three together require less time, effort, and emotion than has my unpaid position with the Jewish Center.


Rabbi Feldman refused to be hired as an employee of the Center. He could have been paid as a Assistant or Associate Rabbi to Rabbi Zierler:

In accepting this position, I knowingly sacrificed the status, stability, respect, and financial compensation that would come from any normal position I could have taken elsewhere. (Even had the committed stipends been paid, it would have been a fraction of what I would have earned in any other role). I accepted this position because I believed that I could provide a service to the shul that my parents lovingly served for decades, and continue to serve with selfless devotion, and I believed I could honor them as well with such service. I accepted because I had so much love, affection, and respect for the members of the Center I grew up knowing. I accepted because I believed in the potential for the Center to go from past strength to future strength, as a truly unique model of the best the Jewish people can bring together.


The Mechitzah Minyan had been in existence for 2-3 years, years!, before Rabbi Feldman sat in front of the multipurpose room in the Schechter Space:

And for a while, that potential was on its way to being realized. A truly remarkable group of people assembled over a relatively short period of time, and formed a minyan with whom it has been a profound honor to associate. The minyan quickly earned a glowing reputation throughout the Teaneck community and way beyond.

This truly remarkable group of people assembled over a relatively short period of time couldn’t possibly be talking about the members that were there when Rabbi Feldman arrived. The only group that assembled in a short period of time were the Arzei Refugees.


For all of you who were unhappy with the merger with the Teaneck Shul/Shtibul because of their want and need to destroy Arzei Darom, it is important to reread the first sentence of this paragraph. Etz Chaim’s structure was created to undermine and to hurt Arzei Darom and Rabbi Ciment:

It is important to emphasize that I would never participate in any structure that would undermine the hired rabbi of any shul.The complicated situation in the Center could only have worked in one of two ways. One way is a prearranged dual rabbi structure, which is what I was being told was the plan during the earlier phases of the rabbinic search. If that was no longer to be the plan, as indeed it was not when Rabbi Zierler was hired, the only other way it could work is through the rabbi himself agreeing to and allowing such a structure. To that end, I tried extremely hard to meet with Rabbi Zierler before his arrival to discuss it with him, and was at one point prepared to go to Israel to do so. I was under the impression that the RCBC letter was written with Rabbi Zierler’s participation and consent. Were that not to be the case, I would not have stayed. Now that it is clear that Rabbi Zierler is not comfortable with that arrangement, I would not want to cooperate in any plan that will undermine his authority.


I am putting my eye on Rabbi Feldman calling the Arzei people phenomenal again:
It is sadly ironic that one year ago this week, Rabbi Zierler visited the Center for his second shabbos, and spoke about the linguistic connection between the Hebrew words “nega”, affliction, and “oneg”, pleasure. The two words are spelled the same, but for the placement of the letter “ayin”, which is also the Hebrew word for “eye”. Thus, the difference between suffering and celebrating is where one places the eye, with what perspective one chooses to assess the situation. The fact that a group of people so phenomenal can be subjected to such undeserved negativity is evidence that we have missed the message of Rabbi Zierler’s words.


However, I pray that my place will always be with those whose fault lies in that their dreams are too big and too noble, and not with those who stumble for meanness of spirit and limitation of vision.
Reading the Jerusalem Post, Bergen Record, Suburbanite, Blogs, Vos Is Neias, court transcripts, BOA transcripts and other PUBLIC news sources, I have to say Rabbi Feldman’s prayers have not been answered.



Finally, I extend my profound apologies to Rabbi Zierler for all he has gone through with this matter. There is no denying he has been put into a very difficult position. He is a man of great talent, vision, and commitment, and I wish him only success as he works to bring the Center to the next level. He has done much, in a short time, to enhance the shul and I look forward to hearing about his progress.

Rabbi Zierler is bringing the Center to the next level.


The first thing I said to Rabbi Zierler, during our first meeting, was that our minyan supports him fully and can be his best friend. I continue to believe this could have been the case, and I regret that circumstances went in the direction that they did. Nonetheless, we recognize, as we always have, Rabbi Zierler’s right and responsibility to take the congregation in the direction he sees to be the best.

What congregation did you leave behind for Rabbi Zierler? Rabbi Feldman took everyone with him. The mantra at the time was that everyone has freewill and they left on their own, but Rabbi Feldman's letter shut everyone out of the Center.


Mechitzah Minyan members, this is the paragraph that foreshadowed your abandonment and cold shoulder from Rabbi Feldman and the Arzei Refugees:

I have turned down a number of extremely tempting job offers over the past few years. Among other reasons, I was unwilling to part ways with the extraordinary group that had been formed here. Now, I am gratified to see that a number of different opportunities have materialized both for myself and the minayn, that will allow both a more normal professional structure and my continued association with this remarkable chevra.

CareOne? Chadwick? Nope – Van Buren and a merger with The Teaneck Shul/Shtibul led by Elliot Frome, Zalman Levine and Allan Cohen (a.k.a. – The Remarkable Chevra). They are all part of the group Rabbi Feldman leads today.


You read the comments on the blogs and you read Etz Chaim’s supporters write that everyone who is not part of their Shul should just move on. Its easy for them to say. I am embarrassed when people ask me if I still go to Rabbi Feldman’s minyan. They move from controversy to controversy. Their actions do not represent any of the people they left behind. Etz Chaim should do their share to make it easier for all of us to move on, by making peace with their neighbors and the township. Only then we will all truly know shalom.

by TiredOfTruthiness

Paradise Lost

Once upon a time, Rabbi Daniel Feldman and his minyan were victims of slavery in the bondage of the Jewish Center of Teaneck. Rabbi Feldman couldn't handle the edicts of the spiritual ruler of the JCT, Pharoh Zierler. His 3Cs were mightier than 10 plagues and so Rabbi Feldman wrote a letter severing the relationship of the Jewish Center and the Orthodox members of his minyan. The letter was read at a Board Meeting and in doing so, he sacrificed the goodwill that was left between the Board of the Jewish Center and the Mechitza Minyan members of Merkaz L'Torah that would have stayed behind. He led his congregants out of the bondage of slavery in the Jewish Center of Teaneck and to the promised land of self determination. Pharoh Zierler did not chase after the Center members that left. Que Sera Sera. Pharoh Zierler had his own plans for the future of Orthodoxy at the Jewish Center of Teaneck.

Rabbi Feldman, and his group of Orthodox that left the Center with him, wandered from house to house in the wilderness until they set up temporary camp in CareOne. There were a few weeks of calm and stability. Rabbi Feldman set up a Board that he was to lean on for guidance and advice, but they were not taken seriously. His advisors, who guided Rabbi Daniel Feldman to remove his minyan from the Jewish Center, were still in charge and a rift began to form. The Original Mechitza Minyan members who trailblazed the way for the Orthodox community to feel comfortable at the Jewish Center of Teaneck were quickly relegated to the background and the amazing group of people that came together in such a short period of time moved to the forefront.

The group was named Torat Chesed, Torah of Kindness, and were incorporated, in May 2007, using the names of Original Mechitza Minyan members who did not approve the usage of their names on the documents of incorporation. There was talk of the group merging with The Teaneck Shul, a prayer group located near Arzei Darom, a prayer group that was allegedly begun to help their friend with his courtcase. There was talk of getting Rabbi Feldman paid, buying a house on Chadwick, being a satellite for the Teaneck Mikvah and other issues to distract the Original Mechitza Minyan members. Very soon there were activities attempting to get the two groups, the Teaneck Shul and Torat Chesed, to get to know each other, to possibly merge.

Finally, everything came to a head when Rabbi Daniel Feldman took a job with the Teaneck Shul, complete with salary and 554 Queen Anne Rd, and left the Original Mechitzah Minyan members in the wilderness of CareOne. All of his new friends left with him. To add insult to injury, he designated CareOne as a sattelite minyan for his Congregants to pray there on Sundays and Legal Holidays. His new Congregation incorporated in September 2007 as 554 Queen Anne, Inc. DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck.

While all of this was going on, from May to September 2007, Torat Chesed collected donations and dues for membership. Checks were being made to Torat Chesed and being cashed in the Torat Chesed bank account. In or about July, there was a change of address where donations and dues were to be sent and there was a request for checks to be made out to ToraS Chesed instead of ToraT Chesed. Monies that were earmarked checks written out for ToraT Chesed, were being deposited in a ToraS Chesed bank account. What was the need for a second bank account? Inquiries were made as to why there was a change and they were greated with a flippant attitude. Some people were told that some people say Tora"t" and some say Tora"s". Its just a matter of what pronunciation you were brought up with. Some inquiries were met with extreme venom.

There was to be no land of Milk and Honey, no giant grapes or land for the hapless Orthodox people that didn't follow Rabbi Feldman to the Promised Land, to the land of strong Cedar trees in the South, on the Path of Peace near the House of Aaron. Rabbi Feldman did what was best for himself and his family, in the short term, while harming his reputation and shirking his duties as the leader of all of his people. He tried to keep the peace by silencing the voices opposed to the merger and abandoning them in CareOne.

Those that were left behind were also defrauded by Rabbi Feldman's Minyan, 554 Queen Anne Rd, Inc DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck. It is unclear if Rabbi Feldman was personally involved with any of the shady dealings of his minyan's and now synagogue's leadership and Management Team.

ToraS Chesed is a corporation created in early July 2007 by the same person who incorporated ToraT Chesed. The names listed on the Documents of Incorporation of ToraS Chesed are same as 554 Queen Anne, Inc. From early July 2007-September ToraT Chesed, Inc. and ToraS Chesed, Inc. existed to service the same exact minyan.

The existence of ToraS Chesed, Inc. was kept secret from the Original Mechitza Minyan members. The ToraT Chesed checks were being deposited in the ToraS Chesed corporate bank account. ToraT Chesed's bank account's passbook began to collect dust from non-use.

Donors and members who wrote checks to ToraT were asked to sign a release absolving ToraS Chesed of any liability. Liability? What was/is 554 Queen Anne,Inc. DBA: Etz Chaim of Teaneck afraid of? ToraT Chesed and ToraS Chesed monies were one and the same! Right? ToraT Chesed already existed to represent Rabbi Daniel Feldman and all of his Congregants praying in CareOne. What was/is ToraS Chesed, Inc. and who did/does it represent? What is it's purpose?

ToraS Chesed, Inc. was created to collect money for Etz Chaim's future at 554 Queen Anne Rd. They knew that the ToraT Chesed members not following Rabbi Feldman to Etz Chaim would stop paying dues and donating money once they closed on 554 Queen Anne Rd. Its been alleged that they closed on 554 as ToraS Chesed, Inc. They tried to cover themselves by trying to get the ToraT Chesed donors and dues payers to sign a waiver absolving ToraS Chesed, Inc.of any liability and that they will not take any legal action against ToraS Chesed, Inc. After a ton of pressure, ToraS Chesed, Inc. became the Etz Chaim of Teaneck that we know and love.

Etz Chaim wants the Board of Adjustments to forget their history and their shady past. But as the BOA and the neighbors found out very quickly The Song Remains The Same.

It is upon us, this time of year, to remember and retell all that has befallen our old dear friends of the, now defunct, Mechitza Minyan. Please come home to the Jewish Center of Teaneck, your home until Moshiach comes.

Best of MacDMusings on Twitter

You have to listen to the words maaaaaan. You're FeldBlind. http://macdmusings.blogspot.com/2010/02/feldblind.html
1:29 PM Feb 12th

Anyone up to go clubbing tonight? I need to get my dance on.
3:53 PM Feb 12th

Stayed home instead of going out. Felt it wasn't in the spirit of Shabbat. Maybe I'll get to synagogue tomorrow.
10:28 PM Feb 12th

Ditched today. Much too cold to go outside. My orthodox brethren I salute you!
11:22 AM Feb 13th

@etzhayimteaneck - Since when is CareOne an auxiliary minyan? Funny, the teaneckshuls emails don't mention you guys.
9:46 PM Feb 13th

@EtzHayimTeaneck - Which community? You have given a black eye to the Jewish community in Teaneck, especially the Orthodox part.
8:22 AM Feb 14th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

@EtzHayimTeaneck - Examples? BTW, What's up with the messed up spelling of etz chaim? Another ToraT/ToraS and pLayroom/pRayroom situation?
8:39 AM Feb 14th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

@EtzHayimTeaneck - How can anyone get to know you or know what you do for the community if you are not on Teaneckshuls?
8:55 AM Feb 14th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

Olympics are here and its time to set some records. Go USA my adopted country.
12:48 PM Feb 14th

@EtzHayimTeaneck No thanks. I only pray on the sabbath and do not want to be counted as one of the Etz Chaim members helping CareOne
1:23 PM Feb 14th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

@EtzHayimTeaneck - Rabbi Daniel Feldman is half the Rabbi his father is. His father would never be involved in a situation like this!
1:40 PM Feb 14th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

Get off your high horses. The Olympics are reality TV. Not as riveting as the Osbourne's or trainwrecky as Fantasia, but still must see TV.
8:06 AM Feb 15th

@etzhayimteaneck - Thank you for blocking me from following you. I can live without all the retweets. Typical EC- No originality.
1:44 PM Feb 15th

Too much snow. Should have been rain for Israel instead.
7:44 PM Feb 16th

When are the Jews of Teaneck going to learn? Ashkenaz or Sephard, we all belong to God. What God wants God gets God help us all.
7:46 AM Feb 17th

@EtzHayimTeaneck - Mazal Tov Rabbi Zierler!!! ROFLMAO YES!!!!!!!! http://macdmusings.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-can-go-home-again.html

When caught circumventing the law, arguing religious freedom or that we are all Jews, hinders your case for sympathy in the secular world.

RT @EitzHayimTNeck RT @Chabad: Tzadik vs. Tzadi. What is the proper name of the 18th letter in the Hebrew alphabet? http://chabad.org/1127525 #Jewish #Hebrew
7:57 PM Feb 18th

So many viewers and only one follower. I've got broad shoulders.
Bet its still the same letter
8:03 PM Feb 18th

Ooops civilly divorced at 25 and no get with rabbinical and communal intervention. 48 years later her husband died. Can you believe it?
9:30 PM Feb 18th

Read the article off the link. It's a real eye opener and a real tragedy.
9:35 PM Feb 18th

One that couldn't possibly happen in Teaneck. I'm sure our Rabbis would all support any poor woman. I know Rabbi Zierler would.
9:36 PM Feb 18th

So Tiger looks like he has been through a scandal. Aged a bit.
11:11 AM Feb 19th

Shoprite of Paramus' expansive kosher section is no longer Bergen's best kept secret. It's crowded. Should really open more registers.
2:26 PM Feb 19th

Its in a newspaper. Its gotta be true. Yay! ROFLMAO - http://jstandard.com/content/item/jewish_center_of_teaneck_embraces_orthodoxy/12142
3:08 PM Feb 19th

At Clapton/Beck. Amazing concert so far. I couldn't get tickets to last night's show, very lucky tonight!
8:09 PM Feb 19th via web

Good week everyone. Catching USA Vs. England in Olympic Curling. Must see TV.
6:15 PM Feb 20th

Read my kids a good night beddy bye story: The Little Shul That Cried Religious Discrimination. The moral of the story? BE HONEST!
11:33 PM Feb 20th

Is Rabbi Zierler is going to change the name of Hallel V'Zimrah Orthodox Minyan? There are so many choices.
8:40 AM Feb 21st

I'm thinking Darchei Noam because Teaneck already has Etz Chaim and Netivot Shalom in that area.
8:43 AM Feb 21st

In other breaking news, 2 more shuls are opening up on that side of town, Machazikim Bah and Tomcheha MeUshar.
8:45 AM Feb 21st

Sunday, March 7, the Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ) will explore the rise – and fall – of independent prayer groups.
11:00 AM Feb 22nd

The program will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at UTJ Headquarters, 811 Palisade Avenue, Teaneck.
11:02 AM Feb 22nd

Reservations requested office@utj.org or 201-801-0707, ext. 201, or visit: www.utj.org Suggested donation $18 includes breakfast.
11:03 AM Feb 22nd

Some members of the private prayer group at corner Queen Anne & Van Buren should go. Learn a thing or 2 about life on the communal fringe.
11:06 AM Feb 22nd

You serious? RT @EtzHayimTeaneck: 2 members at C1 tonight! Come on guys, can't we do better than that?
3:55 PM Feb 22nd

Egocentric Tampering Zealous Callous Heinous Arrogant Ignorant Malicious Obtuse Failing Terrible Erring Awful Nebbish Evil Corrupt Kibitzers
6:24 PM Feb 22nd

I really hope Etz Chaim's illegally renovated Stop and desisted Kiddush basement room isn't flooded from all this rain.
4:49 PM Feb 23rd

Nothing says religious discrimination like keeping a Jew from his Kiddush!
4:49 PM Feb 23rd

ROFLMAO! This guy commenting on my blog took 7 hours to realize that my link connects to a petition AGAINST Etz Chaim of Teaneck.
11:23 PM Feb 23rd

Reward for information about who @eitzhayimtneck is. Confidentiality guaranteed. Two can play this game. My email address is on my blog.

I hate Target North Bergen. Would rather be in Bergen Town Center. Freakin' Blue Laws
Such a boring day. Anyone want to sign a petition?
12:27 PM Feb 24th

Feeling a bit homesick tonight. My country's colors are on the Empire State building.
10:23 PM Feb 23rd

RT EitzHayimTNeck Reward for information about who macdmusings.blogspot.com is. Confidentiality guaranteed.
1:13 PM Feb 24th

@EitzHayimTNeck Any luck with that?
1:13 PM Feb 24th

104.3 dedication to Etz Chaim of Teaneck - I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement by the Ramones. Don't sweat, Joey Ramone was a Yid.
5:08 PM Feb 24th

Hey Romeo There's somethin illegals been done down there I don't wanna go down to the basement. Who knew that song would be so relevant now.
5:08 PM Feb 24th

@EitzHayimTNeck My email address works fine. Stop discriminating against me because I'm Scottish. I have freedoms too you antiscottites!
6:07 PM Feb 24th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

@NiceJewishGirl They have to rotate the stock because a good shovel can spoil if its not stored correctly or they don't like making money.
9:40 PM Feb 24th in reply to NiceJewishGirl

Extreme haredi group offers to import Nazi, Inquisition costumes - http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3854027,00.html
11:13 AM Feb 25th

Too busy to pick up a costume? Run out of fresh ideas? Here's one - Neturei Karta: IDF Purim costumes worse than Nazi uniforms:
11:14 AM Feb 25th

If you order now, it will get to you by Purim Eve. Free shipping with all orders over $200.
11:14 AM Feb 25th

@eitzhayimtneck Thank you for the invite to CareOne for Purim. Sorry, but I can't make it. Will you be able to make a minyan without me?
8:12 PM Feb 25th

@eitzhayimtneck Kol Hazeman HaNer Doleck Efshar LeTaken
11:19 PM Feb 25th

How does Rabbi Feldman feel about Etz Chaim's hillul Hashem towards their neighbors & Teaneck Township?
9:13 AM Feb 26th

Or antisemitic backlash regarding their petition? READ http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2009/07/28/the-three-faces-of-eichah/
9:13 AM Feb 26th

ANTISEMITIC BACKLASH TO Etz Chaim of Teaneck PETITION? http://macdmusings.blogspot.com/2010/02/anti-semitic-backlash-to-etz-chaim.html
9:49 AM Feb 26th

Updated, revised and packed with more information and fortified with Rabbi Daniel Feldman's thoughts on the situation.
9:51 AM Feb 26th

To all the haters, stop being anti Scottites. Check out macdmusings.blogspot.com especially if you are from Teaneck.
2:13 PM Feb 26th

Dug out, drove to synagogue and enjoyed a nice lunch with friends. Megillah was nice tonight. Death to the Amalekites.
10:44 PM Feb 27th via mobile web

@EitzHayimTNeck Was it advertised on Teaneck shuls? Hope you didn't disturb the residents who were sleeping. Leshana habaa b'554
8:19 AM Feb 28th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

@EitzHayimTNeck No activities today? You know when the residents are awake?
9:11 AM Feb 28th in reply to EitzHayimTNeck

Gowing ta sleap awf thia alcheehall hic hic
12:27 AM Feb 28th

Your tweeting is too loud. I can't hear the megillah. Shhhhhhhhhh
7:58 AM Feb 28th via mobile web

Some people just can not see the forest from the trees.
about 21 hours ago

Enjoy your meals everyone. Chew chew chew then swallow.
about 19 hours ago

The absence of drunk drivers & size of shalach manot proves that the RCBC influences the community. Don't support the Etz Chaim petition!
about 14 hours ago

Support the Jewish people, buy Iranian. By Jewish people I mean the Neturei Karta. Um, on second thought, don't buy Iranian at all.
about 5 minutes ago


It has been a lot of fun musing on Twitter. You keep reading and I'll keep musing!

Enjoy your Shushan Purim,
Shluffenheimer MacDougal

Praise and Sing No More?

And now for the WWMD Hollywood Minute.

Stormwatch 2010 continues but currently there is a lull in the precipitation. Mother Nature blew enough chunks of snow and ice all over Bergen County. While she enjoyed some lightly buttered toast and sipped some flat Coca Cola, the stars were seen out around Teaneck.

Miami Dolphins Chad Pennington and Joey Porter were spotted enjoying the offseason with a nice brisk swim in the Hackensack River.

Chad toweling off. What a hunk!

Things are heating up on the South Side of Town with a Double Homicide near Queen Anne Road. There are leads the police are following to find out who killed those young men from Queens, NY. One thing is for sure, they didn't spend enough time in Teaneck to check out all of our delicious Kosher restaurants. If this violence keeps up in areas near Jewish prayerhouses, mayor Kevie Feit might just have to call in the Rabbis' God Squad.

No one knows how this will effect Etz Chaim's walk to their cars at CVS. What we do know is that Etz Chaim will have to hire a valet to watch over their cars and their keys. Carrying keys to the synagogue on the Sabbath is an Orthodox Jewish no-no. They will have to welcome the Sabbath Queen much earlier than the rest of Teaneck to get to their rabbiresideprivaprayesynagouse in time for prayers.

Check for updates to this saga.

The WWMD Hollywood Minute has learned that Robert Erlich is a man of many faces and disguises. A google image search was done using the keywords: Robert Erlich Teaneck with very interesting results. Is he a woman, a newspaper article, a fox, a flying car? Who knows? It is no surprise to this reporter that President Robert Erlich has not been heard from in a while. Since the Board of Adjustments meeting he has seemingly fallen off of the map of Teaneck. With exception of the odd letter to the editors of the Suburbanite, it seems to be that his 15 minutes of fame is finally over. This lack of news and publicity is a concern for a precious few. That precious few being Robert Erlich himself.

Finally, there are exciting reports from the Jewish Center of Teaneck that Rabbi Zierler is contemplating changing the name of the Hallel V'Zimrah Orthodox Minyan? There are so many choices. This reporter believes that he will choose Darchei Noam because Teaneck already has an Etz Chaim and a Netivot Shalom in that area.

In other breaking news, 2 more shuls are opening up on that side of town, Machazikim Bah and Tomcheha MeUshar.

There is speculation that Rabbi Zierler will name the Jewish Center, Beth David, in honor of the legacy of the Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi David Feldman. Stay tuned.

I'm Shluffenheimer MacDougal and this has been the WWMD Hollywood Minute.

Happy Purim Everyone! Hope you enjoyed the shpiel!

Agunah Crisis

Amazing article on Vos Iz Neias today:

Longest Serving Agunah Finally Breaks Free After 48 Years

Read the article. It's a real eye opener and a real tragedy. A woman civilly divorced at 25 and no Get. She had Rabinical support and communal intervention and still no Get. 48 years later and her husband dies. Now she is free!

The Agunah crisis is real. This is a situation that couldn't possibly happen in Teaneck. I'm sure all of our Rabbis and their congregations would wholeheartedly support any poor woman in this situation. I can say very confidently that I know my Mara D'Atra Rabbi Zierler would.

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You CAN go home again

Mazal Tov to our

Mara D'Atra Rabbi Zierler!

Good luck at Etz Chaim of Teaneck with your neighbor troubles

and issues with the Township of Teaneck.

We did not need nor want

Rabbi Daniel Feldman

to become an Orthodox Shul.
(the "O" is capitalized)
Jewish Standard Article

GOOD RIDDANCE - YOU LOSE!

and to all of our old friends from the Mechitza Minyan:

You will always have a home at the Jewish Center of Teaneck!!!!