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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Molesting Girls
I was crashing with this girl a few years ago. I was being all honorable and just trying to get to sleep when she said to me, "Why aren’t you trying to molest me?" She was hurt that I hadn’t … Continue reading
‘Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace’
Instead of going to shul Shabbos morning (I was exhausted, I have a sore and swollen right knee from doing squats in yoga), I stayed home and read a great new book by former Los Angeles Times religion reporter William … Continue reading
The F— Train To Brandeis
I just finished the 2005 book called "Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels." On page 153, the author Hella Winston writes: "Brandeis…accessible to him only by commuter rail — or, he later learned, the "f— truck" from Harvard, named … Continue reading
On A Pole?
I have an Orthodox friend who married a dancer. A real dancer, not a stripper. When he tells Orthodox guys that his wife is a dancer, they always react, "Like on a pole?" When done right, Orthodoxy develops a reverence … Continue reading
Overturning The Conversion Of Emil Fackenheim’s Son
From Haaretz: Jerusalem’s rabbinic court erred and overstepped its authority last year when it retroactively declared that the converted, Canadian-Israeli son of prominent Jewish philosopher Emil Fackenheim was in fact a non-Jew, the court’s ombudsman ruled earlier this month. Eliezer … Continue reading
Israeli Woman Gets Permission From Her Rabbi To Play Basketball On Shabbat
TOLEDO, Ohio — Naama Shafir had all but given up hope of playing college basketball in the United States even though she was clearly good enough. She was the best player in her league in Israel. College coaches noticed her. … Continue reading
Confronting Religious Diversity
Rabbi Gil Student writes: A significant theological problem that has come to widespread attention over the last century is that of religious diversity. There are other religions whose devoted followers are often intelligent and pious, and take their traditions and … Continue reading
Los Angeles Superior Court Petitioned To Confirm RCC Ruling Against San Fernando Valley’s Rabbi Samuel Ohana
The RCC already ruled on behalf of the widow against the rabbi of Beth Midrash Mishkan Israel (13312 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91401) in a dispute over four Torah scrolls. Here’s a pdf of the latest petition in the … Continue reading
Which Frum Girls Are Best?
"A tefillin date is one in which the boy brings his tefillin along to the restaurant so if he ends up spending the night with the shaina maidel he won’t chos vesholom miss Shachris in the morning before work or … Continue reading
I Despise Rabbis Who Demand To Be Flattered
I know rabbis who are all over-joyed by the sincerity of the goyim they are converting to the one true faith. What gets me is that these rabbis actually believe what these potential converts tell them about their motives for … Continue reading