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Category Archives: Aish HaTorah
The Strange Charedi Judaism Of Aish HaTorah
In his second lecture on Rav Elazar Shach, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: "His antipathy to kiruv (outreach) has nothing to do with his feelings for Chabad. What does it mean to do kiruv? It means to leave the yeshiva. … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Haredi, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged Aish HaTorah, beit midrash, elazar, Marc B. Shapiro, ohr somayach, state of israel
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Did I Join A Cult And Not Even Know It? II
When I asked Chaim Amalek, he said: "You joined a cult years ago and didn’t even know it." So I’m in shul Friday night piously studying the week’s Torah portion in the Artscroll Stone Chumash and found this culty commentary … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Artscroll, Cults, Orthodoxy
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Remembering Aish HaTorah’s Founder Noah Weinberg
Rabbi Gil Student writes: To the great sadness of Jews around the world, R. Noah Weinberg passed away last week (link). There are many moving tributes on Aish.com.* One thing about R. Weinberg was that he was passionate. You couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged famous rabbis, gil student, independent thinker, moving tributes, political fallout, samson raphael hirsch
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Founder Of Aish HaTorah Dies
Aish HaTorah is the most significant outreach organization for Orthodox Judaism (along with Chabad). They are a machine. They bring people in, they love them, and they help them rebuild their lives in the light of the Torah. And this … Continue reading
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Tagged Aish HaTorah, jewish travelers, orthodox judaism, rabbi noah weinberg, torah education, traditional judaism
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Aish HaTorah’s ‘Obsession’
The following project is by the same people who produced and promoted "Obsession": The following are updates from the United American Committee regarding our ongoing efforts against Islamic jihad. A 30 minute preview of the fantastic film "The Third Jihad" … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah
Tagged Aish HaTorah, christians united for israel, israeli palestinian conflict, orthodox judaism, sarah posner, sen john mccain
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Aish HaTorah’s Connection To The Anti-Islam Documentary ‘Obsession’
Aish HaTorah’s founder and leader, Rabbi Noah Weinberg, has often told his American followers that they should vote Republican. Most traditional Orthodox Jews vote Republican. Rav Yosef Soloveitchik, the late leader of Modern Orthodoxy in America, was a life-long Republican. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aish HaTorah, fund directors, fundraising arm, international charity, jewish heritage, worldwide conspiracy
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A Reform Alternative To Aish HaTorah
From the Jewish Chronicle of London: The Reform movement is about to take the first step to launch an alternative to Aish, the Orthodox outreach organisation for young adults. A residential weekend next month will be the inaugural event by … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, England, Reform Judaism
Tagged Aish HaTorah, jewish adults, mark goldsmith, north western reform synagogue, reform rabbis, residential weekend
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Aish.com Hacked Again
Much of Friday, Aish.com hung up a notice that it was undergoing routine maintenance. Today they told the truth: Aish.com has been maliciously attacked by a group from China. Our servers are undergoing extensive anti-hacking, filtering and monitoring upgrades. When … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah
Tagged aish, amp, China, God, Israel, prayers, routine maintenance, security upgrades, servers, Truth
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Aish.com Hacked
FailedMessiah reports: It seems Aish.com was hacked over Passover. At 12:30 AM CDT Tuesday, it is still down. I was forwarded a message from an Aish subscriber that reads as follows: The Bank of Israel was also hacked over Passover … Continue reading
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Tagged bank of israel, cdt, hat tip, instrumental value, islamic jihad, Israel, Judaism, Passover, routine maintenance, subscriber, Truth
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