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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
How Often Do You See Orthodox Jews Strolling?
New York Times journalist Joseph Berger writes in his book The Pious Ones: The World of Hasidim and Their Battles with America: Suddenly, in what looks like a whimsical scene out of a Truffaut movie, a Hasid wheels by on … Continue reading
The Laws Of Converting To Orthodoxy Judaism
Rabbi Elchonon Tauber, a leading expert on Jewish law in Los Angeles, says in this class posted online: “We don’t encourage proselytizing. We have no intention of making goyim into Jews. There’s no mitzvah. Chazal (Talmudic rabbis) say that converts … Continue reading
The Rabbi’s Chapter Seven Bankruptcy Filing As A Literary Genre
A week ago, I posted about the $7.25 million fraud judgment against Antony Gordon (attorney, hedge fund king, motivational speaker, Orthodox rabbi) and his Chapter Seven bankruptcy. I’ve never had any money and given my WASP background, I’ve never been … Continue reading
Rabbi Antony Gordon In Federal Court
This looks like it has led to Antony Gordon’s Chapter Seven bankruptcy, which is a straight liquidation. This (2:13-ap-01536-DS 1568931 Ontario Ltd., an Ontario (Canada Corporati v. Gordon et al) looks like a Rabbi Chanan (Antony) Gordon bankruptcy (an attorney, … Continue reading
Is Judaism The Reason Jews Are Creative?
In his second lecture on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles, Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn says: “Los Angeles is being shaped by people running from orthodoxy, fighting over their orthodoxy, hiding their orthodoxy, being creative because of their Judaism, … Continue reading
Oy Vey and Kaboom – The Wild West
I’m loving Rabbi Einhorn’s 14-part lecture series on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles. What is his point of view? He says early on in lecture one: “In Los Angeles, it was a collaboration of multiple people, different … Continue reading
The Japanese Connection To White Nationalism
Two of America’s leading white nationalists — Jared Taylor and William Daniel Johnson — are fluent in Japanese, have lived in Japan, and do business with the Japanese. Other white people I know who are conversant in Japanese are also … Continue reading
Kosher Meets Hipster?
Anna Goren writes a stupid article for The Atlantic: American Millennials follow Jewish dietary laws at nearly twice the rate of Baby Boomers, perhaps finding the ancient laws fit well with contemporary concerns about sustainability… Younger Jews keep kosher at … Continue reading
The Prostitute In Medieval Jewish History
Dan Rabinowitz writes: Finally, we turn to R. Yechezkel Landau, author of Shu”t Noda B’Yehuda, and although he is not discussing prostitution in general, but it is worthwhile to mention a specific case of Havah Bernstein, wife of the Chief … Continue reading
Can Comedy Be Kosher?
I just read a provocative article on Orthodox Jews in comedy in Tablet Magazine. According to the author’s self-description: “Josh Lambert (@joshnlambert), a Tablet Magazine contributing editor and comedy columnist, is the academic director of the Yiddish Book Center, Visiting … Continue reading