Comments on: Best of Shul Awards

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:59:24 +0000

Add to your unfriendly shul list, any shul in Brighton Beach if you are not an attractive young Russian with money to donate.

By: HannaH

HannaH — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:55:55 +0000

the only reason DAT of colorado has such an awkward entrance is becuase it is A SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM!!!!

By: EK

EK — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:04:08 +0000

Heshy, just about every campus Chabad house (and I’m sure many non-campus Chabad houses) has couches in the womens section, Ann Arbor isn’t unique. I was recently at a campus Chabad house that also has a couch in the mens section.

Also, in the Chabad house in Delray Beach, Florida, they don’t daven nusach ashkenaz, but most of the minyan comes 15 minutes early for “Brochos.”

By: EK

EK — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:56:49 +0000

A place has to be a shul in order to be an anti-Meshichist shul – therefore I’m not sure if the Mishkan Israel Nusach HoAri Lubavitcher center can qualify.

And second of all I think 770 Montgomery beats it anyway. It’s basically all the old antis who are to holy to daven in upstairs 770.

(Also, Mishkan Israel is in Oak Park, MI, not Detroit proper)

By: Zvi Lampert

Zvi Lampert — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:05:38 +0000

Another candidate for loudest talkers, Crown of Israel, on 18th ave in Boro Park.

By: Zvi Lampert

Zvi Lampert — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:04:11 +0000

Ever been to Chaim Berlin on Simchas Torah?

By: Zvi Lampert

Zvi Lampert — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:55:32 +0000

The worst sleeping arrangements in a Chabad house I ever experienced was in Tennafly, NJ. They just threw a mattress on the floor of the kids’ playroom right outside the main shul. Try getting a nap in on shabbos afternoon. A ‘bagel’ was out of the question.

By: DrumIntellect

DrumIntellect — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:06:38 +0000

Rudest Shul(?) Participants & Shul most likely to be bumped into (literally): 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11213

By: Carmen

Carmen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:36:58 +0000

On topic of Bal Harbor – there is a Young Israel there – wins award for Best kiddush – foodwise, you’re not going to find a better kiddush anywhere. They usually have meatballs, chicken satay, chulents, kugels, sushi, cured meats…everything you can imagine. Trouble is, the location is tiny and hard to find (on top of a failed bank), and full of old people, so getting the food is a trial.

Too bad the rabbi gives such boring, pedantic drashas, because this otherwise would be a keeper. But in the same way you write that most Young Israels are boring, this place fits the mold. Except for the fact that the gabbay is under investigation for being the lynchpin to the largest Ponzi scheme to ever hit Florida…