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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Free Speech & Jewish Law
From New Jersey Jewish News: Moderator Andrew Napolitano, a New Jersey Superior Court Judge from 1987 to 1995 and the current senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel, kicked off a broad discussion of First Amendment controversies with a question … Continue reading
Gross Generalizations About Los Angeles Jews
* If you’re dealing with non-Orthodox Jewish schools, they’re ethical and organized and you get paid on time. When you deal with Orthodox Jewish day schools, payment and everything else is haphazard. Which Orthodox day school is most likely to … Continue reading
NYP: My dad Howard Stern put me off dating men
New York Post: A couple of blocks away from the Upper West Side home of radio’s king of raunch, Howard Stern, his Torah-scholar daughter sits in her ankle-length skirt and recites a blessing. Emily Stern, 32, couldn’t have a life … Continue reading
Vogue Hails Orthodox Fashion as Fall’s ‘Sexiest Trend’
Forward: The traditional sexy slip dress for Orthodox women is getting a modern, yet still modest, upgrade that’s bringing it out to the streets, and to the top design house runways. It is almost 2016, after all. Vogue reports that … Continue reading
Dirty Jobs In Orthodox Judaism
Some shomrim recite Psalms, others smoke dope (Shalom Auslander), others masturbate. You get what you pay for. Shomrim, kosher supervision, are usually down market occupations staffed by a high number of retards. LAT: An Ancient Vigil : In Orthodox Judaism, … Continue reading
Yosef K: My Conversion with Rabbi Gavriel Cohen 2007-2008
Yosef K. writes: I grew up in a Muslim family from Iran. Half of my life I lived in Kuwait, and the other half I was in the US. Even though my father comes from a very religious Muslim family, … Continue reading
How Many People Convert To Orthodox Judaism Each Year In The USA?
I believe that conversions through Sephardic rabbis Gavriel Cohen and Samuel Ohana often run to $5,000, and through other Batei Din (Jewish law courts) about $2,000 all told. JewishHomeLA.com: Rav Gavriel Cohen, who heads a beis din near Hancock Park, … Continue reading
Adventures In Orthodox Judaism
I brought a secular Jewish friend to an Orthodox shul years ago. The rabbi asked my friend why he came. My friend said my name. The rabbi couldn’t hide his dismay. Mike Wallin: “I brought a friend from work to … Continue reading
Thoughts On Converts From An FFB (Frum From Birth)
An Orthodox Jew from birth tells me: Observation. Do you feel converts have high self esteem or are outspoken? Surely, not too shy. There are definitely a lot of common character traits or similar issues with converts. Like, coming from … Continue reading
No Regrets
I’ve had no regret about converting to Orthodox Judaism, even as I have grown to understand the depth of my brokenness that led to the drama I created (in myself and around me) as I undertook all sorts of contradictory … Continue reading