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Rabbi Yonah

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.— The Lorax

About Me

Chasidic Zionist, tree hugger, save the whales, meat eating, music loving, baal teshuva, stand up proud yid. Born in Motown City, and raised on oldies, folk music, and love for Jewish tradition and Israel. Drove an '78 Oldsmobile delivering pizzas. Went to Israel after high-school for some jew-education, and drove a forklift for six months. Spent many years working on progressive causes like nuclear disarmament, environmental protection, and human rights while living in the Eugene co-ops, and going to college. Spent much of the 1990's working to rebuild Polish Jewry. Lived in Israel for four years and a couple in England too.
Decided my contribution to the world could best be made as a Rabbi while we were still living and working in Poland. So we headed back to the US and I completed an orthodox rabbinical degree. Then we found the job of our dreams, working in Southern California with students and young adults. Coudn't be happier to be right where we are today. Stop on by for Shabbat Dinner if you are in the hood.
Hiddurkeit for myspace at ChaiSpace.com !

My Interests

Family, Torah, music, nature, world events, Israel

I'd like to meet:



Rabbi Yonah's Myspace Shule
Baruch Hashem, I have friends.

My dear wife Rachel

Beach Hillel

Jewlicious.2 Festival

OCC Yid Club

Fullerton YidClub

Chapman YidClub

LeeVees Rock

Rav Shmuel Indee Houze

My son says he's a really great drummer

G-D Squad

Makkabbees

Socalled

Reb Matis

JewHome Israel

Akiva

Rabbi Yonah & Shankbone

Arie Jacoby

Derek

Peter Himmelman

YentaPunker

Jon Penley!@

Melody

Queen Esther

Rafiki

Jaclyn Going to Israel

Tali

J-Loveline Co-Host Mike Gerstner

Pey Daled

Shabot 6000

Pincus

Rabbi Ybocher

Jewlicious.com

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Music:

Ok. So music is my one of the most spiritual things. I find great inspiration in so much music. My tastes are diverse. I'll try to copy the names from my iPod someday to put here.

Movies:

"Borat" Goes Jewlicious



Jewlicious Superbowl Commercial? The Lorax, Blazing Saddles, Purple Rose of Cairo, Annie Hall, Where the Green Ants Dream, Augirre, Koyanisquatzi, Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz,

Television:

KILL YOUR TV

Books:

Torah, gotta love it! use the Aryeh Kaplan translation, it reads better than other English ones.

Heroes:

Moses, Jonah the Prophet, Reb Shlomo, my mom, The Lorax,Of course there are secular heroes like Abbey Hoffman!

My Blog

Jewlicious Summer

Keep you ear to the ground....The Jewlicious Summer is approachingThe Management
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:34:00 PST

American Idol Jihad Edition

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Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

Jewlicious Festival: Music from Uganda, Israel, New York, and California

Saturday, March 10 & Sunday, March 11th, 8pm, JEWLICIOUS HALL1309 E. 3rd Street, Long Beach CA 90802Presenting some of the best in new Jewish music from Israel and the USA, Jewlicious Festival is ...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:42:00 PST

Check out this video: Gefilte Fish Mantra

Gefilte Fish Mantra Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:53:00 PST

Check out this event: Jewlicious 3.0

Hosted By: Jewlicious Weekend When: Friday Mar 09, 2007 at 2:00 PMWhere: Long Beach, CA 90801United StatesDescription:Jewlicious Weekend Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:41:00 PST

Festival of Rights in LA

Just returned from PJA/REBOOT/JDUB's Festival of Rights at the El Ray on Wilshire. A talkative and mixed crowd or highbrows and lowbrows and piercedbrows. Highlight of the night was the marvelous per...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:29:00 PST

If you like plays... You will love this one!

Our very own Michael Gerster stars in Stop the World! CLIKC HERE FOR MORE INFO!...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:12:00 PST

Esai Enai, Staten Island Style

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Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:06:00 PST

Last Jewlicious 2 Hoodies from American Apparel on eBay

As we prepare for Jewlicious 3.0 we need t oclean out our closet and make a little moeny for the next weekend! So head on over to eBay and buy some Jewlicious Clothing!Hip design and super comfortabl...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:39:00 PST

World Yarmulke Day

A teenage Jewish kid from New Palz added me as a friend on MySpace. What I found was important enough to share with everyone:Hello I am Dan T. from New Paltz. Well any way in 2003 we created Yarmulke...
Posted by Rabbi Yonah on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:48:00 PST