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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History
Yoel Finkelman writes: 0094-0098 On rare occasions, academics manage to cross over and speak to those who live outside the ivory tower, and nobody in the contemporary Modern Orthodox intellectual scene does that better than Marc B. Shapiro. On even … Continue reading
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YICC Hosts California’s Attorney General
Sid emails: “On Tuesday evening, February 6, YICC (Young Israel of Century City) will host Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, an outspoken advocate for obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration law. Every law-abiding Jew should protest loudly at this … Continue reading
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Manners, multiculturalism, and the battle of Stamford Hill
The Independent in the UK: On Wednesday, The Independent’s columnist Christina Patterson wrote a column detailing how rude she believed many Charedi Jews were to non-Jews. A gentile resident of Stamford Hill for 12 years, she described how the ultra-orthodox … Continue reading
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This is crazy, what public school parents wouldn’t want Orthodox Jews coming to their neighborhood en masse?
New York Daily News: A New Jersey town has introduced hateful and highly discriminatory new rules aimed at barring Orthodox Jews from moving in, according to a stunning complaint filed by the state attorney general. The nine-count complaint accuses Mahwah’s … Continue reading
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Is It Way Too Expensive To Become A Jew?
Income correlates with IQ. Why would Judaism want people who can’t keep up financially? They will more likely be a drain on communal resources. As a convert to Orthodox Judaism, I’m glad that converting to Judaism is hard. It keeps … Continue reading
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