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Rabbi Louis Sachs speaks out about being sued by his former synagogue in Toronto

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Louis Sachs discusses his legal battle with his former congregation, Beth Torah, which has sued him for breach of contract after he joined Beth Sholom. 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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LawsuitConservative JudaismSynagogue MembershipRabbi Avi FinegoldLeadership ChangesRabbi Louis SachsBeth TorahBeth SholomRabbinic TransitionsOntario Superior Court

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"That's the voice of Rabbi Louis Sachs in a Facebook video from last September promoting an upcoming class he'd be teaching for members of Toronto's Beth Sholem Synagogue."
Ontario, Canada
"Beth Torah filed the case in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice on March 27th, and none of the lawsuit's allegations have been proven in court."
California, United States
"And at the time, Sachs had been working across town at Beth Tikva as an assistant rabbi, his first job fresh out of rabbinical school in California."
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Retrieved 2025-04-18 05:30:50 UTC
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