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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
A distressing decision about the military
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, I’m a VietNam veteran (once in a neglectful moment, you referred to me as a World War II veteran, which would have made me about 80 or 90 instead of only 15 or 20 years … Continue reading
I Was Called First To The Torah
It was a mincha on a Shabbos. “Levi Ben,” said the rabbi, pointing at me. I froze in shock. “But I’m not a Cohen,” I said. “I know,” said the rabbi. “Come on up.” I walked up in shock. I … Continue reading
Orthodox Heretics
Heshy Fried describes different types of Orthodox skeptics who live the life but don’t necessarily believe Orthodox: Frum for marriage: You’re married and you don’t believe in Judaism, but for some reason you still want your kids to go to … Continue reading
Orthodox Couple Sues For Sheitel Damage
Frum couple sues on people court for shaitel damage, Total Chillul Hashem? You be the judge. In a daytime TV show called The Peoples Court a Jewish couple, identified only as Heidi and Mendi, appeared before Judge Marilyn Milian in … Continue reading
Florida family has 45 guests at Thanksgiving dinner
I’m reading this story from the Drudge Report and thinking about the Happy Minyan. Its stalwarts Stuart and Enny Wax regularly had Shabbat dinner for a hundred people for about two years until they had kids. The kind of hospitality … Continue reading
The Orthodox Response To Abuse Allegations In Los Angeles
Joe emails: I got curious about Aleinu in LA because Debbie Fox is becoming an important figure for the Ultra-Orthodox response to sex abuse. I spent a lot of time on your blog looking up the rabbis on her halakhic … Continue reading
I Might Be Lazydox
Heshy Fried writes: You tend to only wear tzitzis on shabbos or when you want to make people think you are frummer than you really are, like at shachris You want to daven maariv, but are so damned tired that … Continue reading
The Orthodox View Of Marriage
The more religious the shul, the more likely they are to have copious amounts of alcohol around on Purim and Simchat Torah. By contrast, Modern Orthodox shuls such as Bnai David tend to be alcohol free. I went traditional Thursday … Continue reading
What Converts Can Teach Us About Judaism
Oy, if only some lofty journalist would write such sentiments about me! Adam Dickter writes in The Jewish Week: But what struck me most was one line from Yoseph himself that he posted on his website bio, that he chose … Continue reading