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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
My Anguish Over Hot Orthodox Married Women Dressing Provocatively
I got this tip from Heshy Fried about a letters column in the Jewish Press: Dear Rachel, I am writing this out of my soul-piercing anguish at the epidemic of married “frum” women who dress provocatively. They shamelessly dare to … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged custom wigs, eye makeup, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, pencil skirts, yetzer hara
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The Synagogue In America: A Short History by Marc Lee Raphael
This is a superb new book. I just picked it up at the library and I can’t put it down. It has lots of stories about Los Angeles in general and Pico-Robertson in particular. On page 95, professor Raphael writes: … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Conservative Judaism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pico/Robertson, Reform Judaism, Synagogue
Tagged ashkenazic jews, marc lee raphael, milk of human kindness, reform rabbis, sephardic congregations, sephardic jews
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Orthodox Judaism Is A Hardball Religion
In the Torah, Moshe and company put to death an Israelite for gathering sticks on the Sabbath. Orthodox Judaism plays hardball. This surprises many outsiders who have a picture of religion as primarily a spiritual loving community. Orthodox Judaism has … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged jewish questions, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, shalom bayit, torah scholars, traditional shul
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This Story’s For Me
Yehuda emails: Luke, This story is for you. 1. It is about something in California. 2. The girl is a blonde. 3. It’s about male members. 4. It involves an Orthodox shul. 5. Someone gets kicked out of said Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Circumcision, Orthodoxy
Tagged amir taheri, california 2, circumcision, Dennis Prager, guardian, male members, orthodox shul, secondary literature, steinfeld, ucla daily bruin
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The Greening Of American Orthodox Judaism: Yavneh in the 1960s by Benny Kraut
I first heard about this new book in an exciting review by Lawrence Grossman: Orthodoxy is the only form of Judaism that is exuding self-confidence, that holds its own demographically, and whose children, for the most part, are steeped in … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged american orthodoxy, cultural isolation, endangered species list, judaic studies department, Lawrence Grossman, queens college in new york
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