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Category Archives: The Jewish Week
The Jewish Week Covers Whistleblower Robert Frank
Joel emails me: LukeFord, In recents weeks I have been following a line of posts that you have on your website regarding a disgruntled employee of Montefiore hospital, Mr. Robert Frank. It appears to me that till now no evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Robert Frank, The Jewish Week
Tagged disciplinary measures, mashgiach, montefiore hospital, montefiore medical center, proper journalism, unstable person
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He Needed Rape, She Needed Conversion
Conversions to Judaism do not typically require rape of the would-be convert. I did not have this experience, for instance. Perhaps the holy rabbi was simply being scrupulous that the would-be convert did not wear pants (or panties). When he … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, FailedMessiah, R. Leib Tropper, Sex, The Jewish Week
Tagged conversion program, fragile bones, jewish week, resemblance, role play, sex with other men, sexual demands, sexual impropriety, sexual relationship, spiritual benefit, tender loving care, torah tidbits
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How To Date A JAP In Recessionary Times
Here is how I date while spending very little money: * Take chicks to shul, particularly when there’s a lavish kiddish. * Cook dinner myself and stream a movie at no extra charge from netflix. * Meet for coffee. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, The Jewish Week
Tagged Amy Klein, broadway show, David Kelsey, jewish periodicals, recessionary times, study torah
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The Jewish Week Features An Ad Seeking A Pornographer
The Jewish Week is a newspaper subsidized by the New York Jewish Federation and edited by Gary Rosenblatt. It runs ads from Monster.com, including this Wednesday evening (look on the far right of this screen capture): I was shocked and … Continue reading
Posted in The Jewish Week
Tagged Gary Rosenblatt, Jewish Federation, jewish week, pornographer, wednesday evening
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Breaking Ranks – An Interview With Phyllis Chesler
Fern Sidman writes: Phyllis Chesler, a nice Jewish girl from Boro Park who in the 1960’s and 70’s gained fame both as a prominent voice of the feminist movement and an internationally renowned left-wing ideologue, broke ranks with the Left … Continue reading
Posted in The Jewish Week
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Jewish Week To Murdoch: No Sale
Gary Rosenblatt writes: …The truth is, such offers, and your note about how you think Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is “really quite smashing in a low-key, smoldering way” and deserving of a “Jewish Week photo spread of her romping … Continue reading
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Modern Orthodoxy’s ‘Cultic’ Influence
From The Jewish Week: Rabbi Marc Angel of Manhattan is going out with a bang. As he prepares to retire from the pulpit this fall, the prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi and former president of the Rabbinical Council of America, has … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, The Jewish Week
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