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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Anger At Orthodox Judaism
One thing I love about Orthodox Judaism is that it provokes strong feelings in me. A while ago, I was seeing a woman who was raised Orthodox but now hates it. That didn’t bother me. There’s plenty I hate in … Continue reading
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Tagged apparent reason, feelings of hate, high intensity, orthodox judaism, Orthodoxy, Reform Judaism
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Rabbi Michael Broyde On Rabbi Haskel Lookstein’s Appearance In A Church For The President’s Inauguration
Rabbi Michael Broyde writes: Thus a Jew may join the government service and wear gentile clothes every day — day in and day out for decades violating a Torah prohibition! — so that when the day comes that he can … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged chief rabbi, mass history, rabbi hillel, rabbi michael, right place at the right time, westminster abbey
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The Rabbi Who Went To Church
Ari Goldman writes in The Jewish Week: What bothers me is how ready the Orthodox rabbinate, apparently frightened of its right-wing constituency, was to criticize one of its own. But there was also a matter of decency here. Couldn’t the … Continue reading
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Tagged ari goldman, bona fides, democratic nomination, Jeremiah Wright, orthodox jews, persistent rumors
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Does Judaism Sanction Journalism?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: R. Eliezer Melamed is active with Arutz Sheva and is the rabbi of the weekly newspaper Be-Sheva (link). In one of his columns (13 Tammuz, 5765/ July 20, 2005), he responded to a question about … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Judaism, Orthodoxy
Tagged benjamin brown, constructive purpose, gil student, improper action, lashon, lashon hara, melamed, orthodox rabbi
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