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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
The Guy Next To You In Shul May Well Be Homeless
Unable to pay the rent or to pay their mortgage, some Orthodox Jews I know in Pico-Robertson are homeless. They’re living out of their cars. They have access to somebody’s bathroom where they shower and relieve themselves and charge their … Continue reading
Posted in Homeless, Orthodoxy
Tagged american jewry, divorced fathers, free wifi, jewish america, laptops, orthodox jews, public library branches, shabbat, tv shows
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Single Parents Are Often Treated Like Outcasts In The Orthodox Community
Sara Soferet writes for The Jewish Press: When I moved onto the block not too many years ago, neighbors welcomed me. One brought over a cake, another came to visit Friday night, everyone was friendly and smiled, said hello on … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged eldest son, happy face, jewish press, orthodox community, single parents, sukkah
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Women’s Prayer Groups Are Passe
In a 2010 lecture on R. Joseph Messas and R. Avraham Shapiro, Marc B. Shapiro (no relation) says that the Sephardim have always had a positive view of the return to Israel. Sephardim have never been anti-Zionist. Rav Messas wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged Marc B. Shapiro, mechitza, prayer groups, rabbi avi weiss, sefer torah, traditional judaism, upper west side
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Responses To Rabbi Kanefsky On The Morning Blessings
I’ve been asking Orthodox rabbis about Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky’s two blog posts (here and here) announcing why he did not say the traditional morning blessing thanking God for not making him a woman. A friend tells me: “Fact is, that … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged brachot, cherem, girls fight, orthodox rabbis, Shalhevet, tosefta
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Kabbalist To The Stars Accused Of Fraud
FailedMessiah reports: The father in law of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto says the kabbalist to the stars used him to launder money. Rabbi Shlomo Ben Hamo is the Chief Rabbi of Argentina. His daughter Deborah is Pinto’s wife. In a court … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Orthodoxy, Pinto
Tagged chief rabbi, expat community, jerusalem apartment, jewish celebrities, nba championship ring, rabbi shlomo
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