Tag Archives: Karen Singer Avrech

By Robert J. Avrech | June 30, 2016

Rabbi Philip Harris Singer, z’l, 10th Yahrzeit

Tweet Today is the yahrzeit [anniversary] of the death of Karen’s beloved father, Rabbi Philip Harris Singer, Pinchas Zvi. This is the speech our son-in-law delivered on 6/23/16 at the brit milah [circumcision ceremony] for our grandson who was named for Karen’s distinguished father. Our son is named after Aliza’s maternal grandfather, Rabbi Pinchas Zvi Singer, A”H. […]

Posted in Brit Milah, Family, Judaism, Rabbi Pinchas Zvi Singer, Torah, Yahrtzeit | Also tagged Celia Kahn, Karen's Father, Phillip Harris Singer, yahrtzeit | 8 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 19, 2016

How I Married Karen 39 Years Ago Today

Tweet Today is our 39th wedding anniversary. But as readers of Seraphic Secret know, I have been helplessly, hopelessly in love with Karen since fourth grade when I first saw her on the playground of our elementary school, Yeshiva of Flatbush. Without Karen, I never would have accomplished much in life. It was her faith […]

Posted in Ariel Chaim Avrech, Family, How I Married Karen, Wedding Anniversary | Also tagged How I Married Karen, Marriage, Robert J. Avrech, Seven Samurai, Shalom Zachar, Yeshiva of Flatbush | 5 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | March 17, 2016

Ben Shapiro to Deliver 2016 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture

Tweet You are all invited to The Thirteenth Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 10 AM, followed by brunch. For those unable to attend the lecture will be posted here at Seraphic Secret. Karen and I are delighted to announce that our friend Ben Shapiro will deliver this year’s lecture, “How You Can […]

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ariel Chaim Avrech, Israel | Also tagged Ariel Avrech, Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ben Shapiro, Yeshiva Gedolah | Leave a comment

By Robert J. Avrech | March 1, 2016

Ben Shapiro to Deliver 2016 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Ariel Chaim Avrech, Israel | Also tagged Ben Shapiro, Cal State, Democrat Fascism | 6 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 27, 2015

Sukkot, The Past is Never Past

Tweet As Jews all over the world make last minute preparations for the holiday of Sukkot, here are a few wonderful pictures of Jews celebrating this joyous holiday in Israel (and Samarkand), a reminder that Torah Judaism is eternal. All photos are from The Library of Congress. You will dwell in booths for seven days; […]

Posted in Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish Holidays, Judaism, Succos | Also tagged Booths, Bukharin Jews, Jews of Samarkand, Leviticus 23:42, Lielle Meital, Livia Yarden, Ma'ayan Ariel, Succah, Succot, Succot in Israel, Sukkah, Sukkot, Torah Judaism, Uzbekistan | 8 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 24, 2015

Repentance and Liberty

Tweet by Karen Singer Avrech This past Shabbat our rabbi delivered the traditional Shabbat T’shuvah drasha, (homily). His essential message was that Modern Orthodoxy is doomed unless the importance of traditional halacha (jurisprudence) is understood and respected. Recent trends have favored “dynamism” and “innovation” to match the times, but have neglected the legalistic principles that […]

Posted in Judaism, Yom Kippur | Also tagged Korach's Rebellion, Progressive Politics, Torah | 11 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 22, 2015

Yom Kippur 2015

Tweet …In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work … For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the L-RD. —Leviticus 16:29-30

Posted in Jewish Photography, Judaism, Photography, Yom Kippur | Also tagged Kotel, Little Western Wall, Western Wall, Yom Kippur | 5 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 19, 2015

How I Married Karen Thirty-Eight Years Ago Today

Tweet Today is our 38th wedding anniversary. But as readers of Seraphic Secret know, I have been helplessly, hopelessly in love with Karen since fourth grade when I first saw her on the playground of our elementary school, Yeshiva of Flatbush. Without Karen, I never would have accomplished very much in life. It was her […]

Posted in Family, How I Married Karen, Love, Wedding Anniversary | Also tagged Robert J. Avrech, Yeshiva Flatbush | 19 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 15, 2015

Larry Elder: The New Black Anti-Semitism, Video

Tweet Presenting The 12th Annual Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture with Larry Elder: “The New Black Antisemitism” June 7, 2015. Larry Elder, the sage of L.A. gives a deeply personal talk about the irrationality of black anti-semitism, and how his own life has been enhanced and entwined with that of the Jewish people.

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Family | Also tagged Ben Shapiro, Larry Elder, Robert J. Avrech | 14 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 8, 2015

Larry Elder Lecture Huge Success

Tweet Yesterday, Sunday June 7, was the Twelfth Annual Ariel Avrech memorial Lecture. Larry Elder, the Sage of L.A., spoke about the New Black Anti-Smitism. But Larry’s talk was far more personal than standard politics. Larry spoke lovingly of the Jewish State, a trip he took to Israel in his youth, and a rather unique, […]

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Family, Friends, Israel, Jerusalem, Larry Elder | Also tagged Ariel Chaim Avrech, Black AntiSemitism, Rabbi Elazar Muskin, Robert J. Avrech | 28 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 1, 2015

Friday Photos: UnBaltimore Edition

Tweet The Baltimore neighborhood that saw the worst of the violence was already filled with many burned-out buildings and vacant lots that had not been rebuilt since the 1968 riots that followed the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Source via my friend Neo-Neocon Nothing more to say but enjoy the photos.

Posted in Art, Baltimore Riots, Brigitte Bardot, Friday Fotos, Glamour, Hollywood, Hollywood Stars, Hollywood Still Photography | Also tagged Audrey Hepburn, Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripken, Catherine Deneuve, Constance Bennett, Dorothy Gish, Elvis Presley, Emma Matzo, Francois Dorleac, Gustav Klimt, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Joan Fontaine, John Wayne, Jr., Lillian Gish, Lizabeth Scott, Marilyn Monroe, Micha Bar-Am, Olivia de Havilland, Pablo Picasso, Rabbi Philip Harris Singer, Rudolph Valentino | 14 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | March 23, 2015

How Important Are Shared Memories?

Tweet More than anything, I look forward to Friday night Shabbat dinner. Frequently, Karen and I are invited to friend’s homes where we and other guests talk, eat, and sing sweet Shabbat songs. But when I’m alone with Karen on Friday night, there is a certain magic that happens — and I never know what […]

Posted in Family, How I Married Karen, Marriage, Shabbos, Yeshiva Flatbush | Also tagged book covers, Men and Women, Proust, Shabbos, Shared Memories, Yeshiva Flatbush | 24 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | November 21, 2014

Friday Photos — Scattered Edition

Tweet Usually, we publish photos organized around a central theme. Not today. We’re feeling a bit scattered. We’re spooked by the Emperor Obama, by what’s happening to this country. And of course by the Arab Muslim war against the Jews. The Iranians are edging closer to becoming a nuclear power. We are watching various national […]

Posted in Anna May Wong, Art, Brigitte Bardot, Hollywood in Stitches, Marilyn Monroe, Photography | Also tagged American Flag, Ariel Chaim, Broome Street, Edward Hopper, Marilyn Monroe, New York Movie, Norma Jean, Shalom of Safed, Still Photography, Susan Hayward | 7 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 22, 2014

Obama: A Professional Diagnosis

Tweet Ever since Barack Hussein Obama burst onto the national scene, Seraphic Secret has maintained that this ideologically rigid leftist is riddled with personal pathologies that, given the opportunity to metastize, will spell a decline of Americanism at home and abroad. And when American power and influence wane, the vacuum is rapidly colonized by the […]

Posted in ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamic Terror, IslamoNazi Kidnappings, IslamoNazis, Obama Watch | Also tagged Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Obama's Pathologies, Psychological assessment, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen | 23 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 25, 2014

The Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture Presents Michael Medved

Tweet The Eleventh Annual Ariel Avrech Yahrtzeit Lecture took place on Sunday June 8, 2014 at the Young Israel of Century City. The title of Michael Medved’s lecture is: “Shifting Alliances: Why Liberals No Longer Reliably Support Israel — And Conservatives Do.” We will leave this up for a few days. May Ariel’s neshama have […]

Posted in Anti-Israel Democrats, Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Israel | Also tagged Michael Medved, Robert J. Avrech, YICC | 9 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 16, 2014

Michael Medved to Deliver 2014 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture

Tweet You are all invited to The Eleventh Annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, June 8, 2014, at 10 AM at the Young Israel of Century City, followed by brunch. Young Israel of Century City 9317 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035 RSVP to Rebekah at the synagogue office: (310) 273-6954 For those […]

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Israel, Remembering Ariel | Also tagged Michael Medved, Ner Yisroel | 6 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 25, 2014

Michael Medved to Deliver the 2014 Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Israel | Also tagged Ariel Chaim Avrech, Democrats Abandon Israel, Michael Medved, Ner Israel, Republicans Support Israel, Yeshiva Gedolah | 5 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | August 2, 2013

Kirkus Reviews “How I Married Karen”

Tweet I’ve always been ambivalent about critics and their reviews of my work. I confess to being stung by bad reviews and, of course, elated by good ones. Remaining indifferent has never been an option. When one of my films gets slammed, I tell myself stuff like: “What do they know?” or “Hey, if they’re […]

Posted in How I Married Karen | Also tagged Critics, Kirkus, Kirkus review of How I Married Karen, Robert J. Avrech | 11 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 7, 2013

Muslim Brotherhood Says Interim President Is A Jew, Secretly Backed By Israel…

Tweet A few days ago, when the mobs were gathering in Tahrir Square and the talking heads were all agog about another Arab Spring, I turned to Karen and said, “How long before these—ahem—freedom fighters, start raping women?” Karen shrugged, rolled her eyes. “How long before the Egyptians blame everything on the evil Jews?” I […]

Posted in Egypt, Islam, Islamic Terror, IslamoNazis, Jew-haters, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama Watch | Also tagged Arab Spring, Failed Arab States, Islamic Jew Hatred, Tahrir Square | 7 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | June 19, 2013

How I Married Karen Thirty-Six Years Ago Today

Tweet Today is our 36th wedding anniversary. But as readers of Seraphic Secret know, I have been helplessly, hopelessly in love with Karen ever since the fourth grade, when I first saw her on the playground of our elementary school, Yeshiva of Flatbush. Without Karen, I never would have accomplished very much in life. It […]

Posted in Hollywood, How I Married Karen, Wedding Anniversary | Also tagged Jewish Romance, Robert J. Avrech, Souls For Sale, Yeshiva of Flatbush | 45 Responses

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About Me
Robert J. Avrech
Los Angeles, California
I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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Annual Ariel Avrech
Memorial Lectures
Young Israel of Century City

Thirteenth: May 22, 2016
Ben Shapiro: "How You Can Save Israel"

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MP3 Audio Stereo (70 MB)

Twelfth: June 7, 2015
Larry Elder: "The New Black Anti-Semitism"

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MP3 Audio Mono (50 MB) | Stereo (100 MB)

Eleventh: June 8, 2014
Michael Medved: "Shifting Alliances: Why Liberals No Longer Reliably Support Israel — And Conservatives Do." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 97MB)

Tenth: June 9, 2013
David Horowitz: "The War Against Judaism on the University Campus." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 16MB)

Ninth: June 3, 2012
Joel B. Pollak: "The Mainstream Media's Betrayal of Israel." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 15MB)

Eighth: June 5, 2011
Yossi Klein Halevi: "What is Expected of a Survivor People: Lessons My Father Taught Me." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 18MB)

Seventh: June 13, 2010
Dennis Prager: "Happiness is a Mitzvah, Not an Emotion." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 80MB)

Sixth: June 21, 2009
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky: "Conformity in Jewish Life: Vice, Virtue or Affectation?" Blog Post | Audio (mp3 64MB)

Fifth: June 15, 2008
Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl: "What Was the Rosh Yeshiva Reading: Intellectual Openness in 19th Century Lithuania." Blog Post | Audio (mp3 70MB)
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