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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
I’ve Never Dated An Orthodox Girl
I don’t fear so often these days that I’m losing control. Therapy is calming. I can bounce my life off someone sharp and get greater clarity. It also gives me accountability. My therapist names things I’m going through such as … Continue reading
Advice To Potential Converts To Orthodox Judaism
I find myself talking a lot to people interested in converting to Orthodox Judaism. Here’s some advice: * There are more than five Orthodox Jewish law courts (Batei Din) in Los Angeles that do conversions — including the RCC (the … Continue reading
I Don’t Have A Problem With Slumlords
So long as they aren’t hurting third parties, I see no reason why they can’t operate as they wish within the law. Slumlords have no power to force people to live in their broken down properties. Poor people don’t have … Continue reading
Anorexia And The Dating Culture
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Being overweight is not healthy. But women who focus only on their bodies to the exclusion of their souls are equally unhealthy. And men who have practiced Judaism their entire lives but are blind to a … Continue reading
Out Of The Shadows
I was a little embarrassed this afternoon to be checking out this book from a librarian I know in the Jewish community while frum Jews were all around me!
Eating Disorders Among Orthodox Jews
The New York Times reports: In the large and growing Orthodox Jewish communities around New York and elsewhere, rabbinic leaders are sounding an alarm about an unexpected problem: a wave of anorexia and other eating disorders among teenage girls. While … Continue reading
Educating Converts To Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: They have to understand that a community that strives for closeness and closed-ness, a tight-knit society that builds a wall to the secular world (of varying heights, depending on each community), will present obstacles to joining. … Continue reading
What Frum Women Want
Watch the whole show: The rabbi references my scandalous past.
How To Spot The Orthodox From Birth
We’re talking FFBs (Frum From Birth). Heshy Fried writes about how he spots FFBs in the San Francisco Bay Area: They come into shul late and immediately daven mincha without a siddur or saying ashrei first. They go through a … Continue reading