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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Why Don’t Orthodox Shuls Ever Start Their Shuvuot Learning Before 11 PM?
Some of us need our beauty sleep. Conservative shuls know how to do Shuvuot right. They tend to start around 9 pm. Beth Am on La Cienega and Olympic Blvds has a dynamic program.
Posted in Beth Am, Conservative Judaism, Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson
Tagged dynamic program, la cienega, olympic, sleep
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Religious tensions at boiling point in Beitar Illite as 14-year-old girl attacked by member of town’s ‘modesty guard’
From YNET News: A 14-year-old girl from Beitar Illite was taken to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after an unknown person spilled acid on her face, legs and stomach, causing light burn wounds. The act has been attributed … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Modesty, Orthodoxy
Tagged eini, face legs, hadassah ein kerem, hadassah ein kerem hospital, illite, religious tensions
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From Orthodox Rabbi To Secular Humanist
Rabbi David S. Gruber writes: Having grown up an Orthodox Jew since the age of eight, having gone to prominent Israeli high school and post high school yeshivas, having been ordained by the Chief Rabbis of Israel, having served as … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged chief rabbis, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, rabbi david, square pegs
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Orthodox Jews Shocked By The Sex In ‘Sex and the City’
I’ve heard complaints from Orthodox Jews that the sex in this new movie is gratuituous. How can you have gratuituous sex in an R-rated movie called "Sex and the City" that is based on a sex-centered HBO show? What were … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged hbo show, orthodox jew, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, r rated movie, r rated movies
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On Being Controversial
Rabbi Alan Yuter writes: Religious Jews speak about Jewish education, Torah commitment and the commandments. The culture of religious Jews and the culture commanded by the sacred library of Judaism are often very different. While Jewish education gives lip service … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Torah
Tagged baltimore county, consternation, elites, holy man, jewish education, jewish religious life, Judaism, kotler, Lakewood, lip service, Ner Israel, orthodox world, penumbra, rabbi joseph, rabbi yosef, rebbe, rsquo, stigma, Torah, Yeshiva
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