Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Jewish Schools, Pesach Programs Not Always Rushing To Return Money

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Luke Ford

So Jews who send their children to Jewish schools typically pay $20,000 a year and more. Now that these schools have shut down and are unlikely to re-open until the fall at the earliest, they are not rushing to return … Continue reading →

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The Varieties Of The Orthodox Experience

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Luke Ford

* Those Orthodox Jews who burn with passion. These amount to no fewer than 25% of the frum Jews I know. * Those who have never experienced any other way of living. All of their friends and family are Orthodox. … Continue reading →

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A Jewish Analysis Of Western Politics

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Luke Ford

Charles Lesch is a professor of political science at Vanderbilt. He has his PhD from Harvard. He recently published: Theopolitics Contra Political Theology: Martin Buber’s Biblical Critique of Carl Schmitt. He’s also published, Democratic Solidarity in a Secular Age? Habermas … Continue reading →

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Yeshivos For Christians

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Luke Ford

From Haaretz: A yeshiva for Christians? Strange as it sounds, some Christians prefer getting their Bible lessons from Jewish teachers – ideally, Orthodox rabbis. Evidence that such demand is on the rise can be found in the growing number of … Continue reading →

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Tales Of The Gadolim

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Luke Ford

Marc B. Shapiro writes: * Once R. Jacob David Wilovsky of Slutzk visited R. Meir Simhah of Dvinsk and told him that he wanted to also visit the Rogochover. R. Meir Simhah attempted to dissuade him, saying that the Rogochover … Continue reading →

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