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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Jewish Support For The Iran Deal
Pini Herman writes on FB: You may not see most of these people at the LA Jewish Federation….Could it be that they know its not the “big tent” it claims to be. The LA Federation machers even sidestepped it’s own … Continue reading
Torah Scholars Tend To Be Frail
One does not usually associate ruddy health with the most religious Jews. Adam Kirsch writes: Yet Talmud scholars, the chapter also teaches, did not often get a chance to indulge in such dainties. Whether because they were too poor, too … Continue reading
Who’s better at kvetching? Blacks or Jews or women? The black orthodox Jewess of course!
I wonder who will be the lucky man to catch this prize? Is it egregious cultural appropriation when blacks play classical music composed by whites, perform in plays written by whites, play games invented by whites? Elisheva Ester Rishon writes: … Continue reading
The Noble Lie
Marc B. Shapiro blogs: 1. Amichai Markowitz called my attention to a talmudic text that I overlooked. Nedarim 23b states: “The Tanna has intentionally obscured the law, in order that vows should not be lightly treated.” This relates to the … Continue reading
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Jewish Press Interviews Marc Shapiro
LINK: Your book is filled with examples of historical revisionism and omission. Let’s go through a number of them. First: Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach’s position on lashon hara between a husband and wife. He thought if someone is having a … Continue reading
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