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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Can Women Read The Megillah For Men?
Orthodox Rabbi Gil Student writes: There is a recent news item quoting R. Ovadiah Yosef as permitting women to read megillah on Purim for men (Haaretz, Arutz Sheva). This is in the news because R. Yosef recently said it publicly … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged aryeh, gil student, henkin, megilla reading, megillah, orthodox rabbi
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‘My Wife Hates You’
I’m friends with a lot of guys whose wives hate me. I’ll be sailing along thinking everything is hunky dory between us and then suddenly I’ll say something and I’ll see her temperature has turned ice cold towards me. And … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged blokes, body language, demeanor, shabbat, shabbat dinner
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Molesting Girls
I was crashing with this girl a few years ago. I was being all honorable and just trying to get to sleep when she said to me, "Why aren’t you trying to molest me?" She was hurt that I hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged crash, hotel lobby, jewish girl, jewish men, kosher pizza, molesting girls, pizza place, pizza spot, quot, quot quot, shiksa
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‘Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace’
Instead of going to shul Shabbos morning (I was exhausted, I have a sore and swollen right knee from doing squats in yoga), I stayed home and read a great new book by former Los Angeles Times religion reporter William … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Journalism, Orthodoxy, Religion
Tagged christian journey, clear and present danger, David Berger, orthodox judaism, religion in america, religion reporter, unexpected peace, william lobdell
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The F— Train To Brandeis
I just finished the 2005 book called "Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels." On page 153, the author Hella Winston writes: "Brandeis…accessible to him only by commuter rail — or, he later learned, the "f— truck" from Harvard, named … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged baal teshuva, brandeis students, chicago study, conservative christianity, hang ups, libertinism, orthodox life
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