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Category Archives: R. Yosef Kanefsky
Is This What Discrimination Looks Like?
A few weeks ago, the rabbi of Bnai David-Judea wrote that he was no longer saying the morning blessing “Thank you God for not making me a woman” because it reflected bigotry towards women and that Orthodox Judaism had a … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Pico/Robertson, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged beth jacob congregation, family purity, nai david, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shuls, torah scholarship
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Responses To Rabbi Kanefsky On The Morning Blessings
I’ve been asking Orthodox rabbis about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky’s two blog posts (here and here) announcing why he did not say the traditional morning blessing thanking God for not making him a woman. A friend tells me: “Fact is, that … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged brachot, cherem, girls fight, orthodox rabbis, Shalhevet, tosefta
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Op Ed: Adieu to “for Thou hast not made me a woman”
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky wrote last week: I’ve stopped blessing God every morning for “not having made me a woman”. Women have come a long way in Orthodox Judaism over the past few decades, in particular in the realm of study … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged daily blessings, innate dignity, male reproductive organs, philosophical justification, rabbi yosef, woman rabbi
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Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky Replaces Original Post On Morning Blessing
Debra responds: Rabbi Kanefsky, Though you may have changed some of the language of your earlier post, I assume you still hold what you wrote earlier to be true. Ealier you wrote: ” . . . Simply for lack of … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged assani, brain surgeon, daily blessings, male reproductive organs, orthodox judaism, philosophical justification, rabbi yosef
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The Biggest Threat To Liberty In The World Today
Since the fall of communism in Europe, political Islam (think Iran, Saudi Arabia, the Taliban, Al Qaeda) has emerged as the biggest threat to human rights around the world. On his radio show Wednesday, Dennis Prager said: “Those who want … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Islam, Politics, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged Dennis Prager, fall of communism, house committee on homeland security, janet napolitano, muslim immigrants, tenets of islam, violent extremism
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The Force Field
He walked past Bnai David Thursday afternoon and saw a trash can with the sign, “Sponsored by Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky.” He stopped and stared. “What the hell?” he thought. “A trash can sponsored by a rabbi? Where’s the kavod of … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Personal, R. Elazar Muskin, R. Yosef Kanefsky, YICC
Tagged Dennis Prager, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, rabbi yosef, radical egalitarianism, trash cans
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Rav Yosef Kanefsky Undergoes Angioplasty
An email from BnaiDavid.com: “For those of you who may not have been in Shul over Succot, we are sending this e-mail to let you know that Rabbi Kanefsky underwent an angioplasty late Wednesday afternoon, shortly before Yom Tov. He … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged congestive heart failure, e mail, edge capability, heart ailments, open heart surgery, seventh day adventists, shul, strict vegetarian diet, Succot, wednesday afternoon, well wishes
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An Orthodox Rabbi Cheers The Overturning Of Prop 8
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky was the only Orthodox rabbi in California, to the best of my knowledge, who went public with his opposition to Prop 8. I don’t agree with the rabbi on this but he argues his case well in … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, rabbi yosef, religious connotation
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The Drift Is Over?
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky writes for the Jewish Journal: The recently released Statement of Principles concerning homosexuals within the Orthodox community has gotten a great deal of notice, both here and in Israel. The document was authored primarily by my dear … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Rape
Tagged explicit articulation, helfgot, homosexual orientation, orthodox rabbis, paradigm shift, rabbi yosef, vanilla sex
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