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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Sociologist Steven M. Cohen Visits Los Angeles
Dr. Cohen says he comes from a non-observant Orthodox home (their Sabbath ended around noon). Though somewhat observant of Jewish law, he is no longer Orthodox. But he was the scholar in residence at a local Orthodox shul this past … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Judaism, Judaism, Los Angeles, Orthodoxy, Reform Judaism, Sociology, Steven M. Cohen
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Bush Appoints Orthodox Jew To HHS
Jennifer Siegel writes for the Forward: Yesterday saw the announcement that Tevi David Troy, an Orthodox Jew who currently serves as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, will be nominated as the Deputy Secretary of Health and … Continue reading
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Hitchens Glaring Error
Mark Oppenheimer writes: On p. 54, Hitchens writes, "Orthodox Jews conduct Congress by means of a hole in the sheet…" This is, as even most idiots know, a total fabrication. As a lie, it’s not as bad as the blood … Continue reading
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Praise God On Your Own Time, Buster!
I sometimes go to an Ashkenaz minyan in the evening where this Sephardi guy always insists on yelling out, "Barchu et Adonai Hamvorak!" at the end of Ma’ariv (and by reflex the rest of us respond, "Baruch Adonai Hamvorak l’olam … Continue reading
Posted in Ashkenazim, Orthodoxy, Sephardim
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In Praise Of Etz Jacob Philanthropist Aron Abeccasis
Etz Jacob’s rabbi Rubin Hutler sent Aron Abecassis this letter of gratitude on March 25. Perhaps a reader knows the back story to all this better than I do.
Posted in Aron Abeccasis, Education, Etz Jacob, Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
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