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Is this hotel Elul-washing? A rabbi blows the whistle on Qatari High Holiday hosts

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Pini Dunner from Young Israel of North Beverly Hills is protesting the holding of High Holiday services at the Maybourne, a luxury hotel owned by Qatari royals, citing Qatar’s support for Hamas as the reason. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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High HolidaysHamasChabadLos AngelesAnti ZionismQatarRabbi Pini DunnerYoung IsraelMaybourne Hotel

Places mentioned

Beverly Hills, California, United States
"An advertisement for High Holiday services at the Maybourne, a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills that is owned by Qatari royals."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Rabbi Pini Dunner, the spiritual leader of the Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, says the owners of the Maybourne, a luxury hotel in the heart of the affluent Los Angeles suburb, are using the services to launder their reputation as enemies of the Jewish people."
Doha, Qatar
"Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the companys principals, were respectively Qatars prime minister and its ruling Emir when Hamas party leadership arrived in Doha in 2012."
Israel
"Dunners objection comes as the tune from Israel has changed on Qatar, a crucial intermediary for Israels negotiations with Hamas over the release of hostages taken on Oct. 7."

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