Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Photoshopping The Woman Out Of Mishpacha Magazine

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Luke Ford

** Digitally Altered Photo by Mishpacha Magazine ** ** Original Photo ** Guess what Mishpacha changed? by Reb Akiva at Mystical Paths I enjoy Mishpacha magazine, the "Jewish Family Weekly" for the orthodox Jewish community (published out of Israel). Actually, … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Professor Solomon Schimmel From Hebrew College

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Luke Ford

Listen to the interview here. Read reviews of the book "The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth" here. Read part two of this transcript here. Here is a partial transcript (later edited) of our 100-minute long … Continue reading →

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I Interview Solomon Schimmel About His New Book, ‘The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth’

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Luke Ford

Read part two of this transcript here. I find reviews of the book on amazon.com to be all over the place. Paul Shaviv (the principal of a Modern Orthodox day school in Toronto and father of the journalist-blogger Miriam Shaviv) … Continue reading →

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How Come We Ain’t Got No Hot Chanies In LA?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Luke Ford

From the website FrumSlang.com: n. "Hot Chanies are married women who supposedly adhere to the laws of modesty by dressing in wigs and skirts, but usually the skirts are tight and short and the wigs are sexy. Hot Chanies reside … Continue reading →

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How Should We Deal With Skeptics?

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Luke Ford

Here’s one approach posted on the blog ModernOrthodoxPrax: "The rambam states quite clearly that skeptics are to be murdered in cold blood. One does not even need a beis din, but any Jew can take matters into his own hands … Continue reading →

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