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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
You May Not Pray In Front Of Nakedness
I remember once I met an Orthodox guy who was a nudist. He loved to lie out naked in the sun. He was caught a few times and got into trouble with his religious community. It was all so weird … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged gil student, nyc subway, orach, orthodox judaism, public nudism, short skirts
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Live Cam Interview With Rabbi Rabbs
Rabbi Hershel “Rabbs” Remer — a comic — has spent most of his life in Los Angeles. (R. Rabbs YouTube) Luke: “When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?” Rabbi: “I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Rabbs, Rabbis
Tagged amateur night, comedy store, greatest moment of my life, hershel, moment of my life, rabbs, youtube
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Middlemarch by George Eliot
I’m near the end of this novel. A few weeks ago, I saw the BBC miniseries. I’m struck by the shunning delivered to one of the major characters in the novel when it is discovered that he came by his … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Orthodoxy
Tagged bbc miniseries, george eliot, middlemarch, moral flexibility, moral standards, orthodox judaism, reading middlemarch, tanach
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Marrying A Convert
It does not make sense to me why somebody Orthodox from birth would want to marry a convert or a baal teshuva (penitent). I figure the more you have in common, the better. There tends to be a naive wide-eyed … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy
Tagged baal teshuva, heshy, jews in america, orthodox conversion, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, yom tov
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