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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Anorexia And The Dating Culture
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: Being overweight is not healthy. But women who focus only on their bodies to the exclusion of their souls are equally unhealthy. And men who have practiced Judaism their entire lives but are blind to a … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Marriage, Orthodoxy, Shmuley Boteach
Tagged eishes chayil, formative experiences, orthodox jews, orthodox seminaries, rabbi shmuley boteach, torah observance
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Out Of The Shadows
I was a little embarrassed this afternoon to be checking out this book from a librarian I know in the Jewish community while frum Jews were all around me!
Eating Disorders Among Orthodox Jews
The New York Times reports: In the large and growing Orthodox Jewish communities around New York and elsewhere, rabbinic leaders are sounding an alarm about an unexpected problem: a wave of anorexia and other eating disorders among teenage girls. While … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Orthodoxy
Tagged orthodox jewish congregations, orthodox jews, preferred answer, rabbinic leaders, union of orthodox jewish congregations, york times reports
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Educating Converts To Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: They have to understand that a community that strives for closeness and closed-ness, a tight-knit society that builds a wall to the secular world (of varying heights, depending on each community), will present obstacles to joining. … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy
Tagged alei teshuvah, foreign accents, gil student, jewish geography, orthodox judaism, rude questions
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