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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
A Nation Under God: Jews, Christians, and the American Public Square by R. Meir Soloveichik
Rabbi Gil Student blogs: There is a blockbuster new issue of The Torah U-Madda Journal with some fascinating articles. The entire issue is available online for download (link): "Mah Enosh": Reflections of the Relation between Judaism and Humanism by R. … Continue reading
Spinka Rav In Town
I heard that the Spinka rav Naftali Tzi Weisz, after being released on bond erev shabbos stayed in Los Angeles. At Young Israel of Century City, Rabbi Elazar Muskin made an impassioned speech condemning this public desecration of G-d’s name. … Continue reading
Idea of McCain-Lieberman ticket is the buzz at Orthodox parley
Sue Fishkoff writes: Radio host Michael Medved, a hardcore Republican, and political scientist David Luchins, former adviser to the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), disagree on just about everything related to the presidential race. Except the idea of … Continue reading
Living Together, Working Together
Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: Jonathan Rosenblum previously speculated in these pages that there are advantages to people living in religiously mixed neighborhoods. Another CC contributor, Rabbi Emmanuel Feldman, made the same point earlier this week in the Jerusalem Post. Here … Continue reading
Perhaps Fear Of Blogs Will Deter Those Who Fear Not God?
Yossi Ginzberg responds to Rabbi Avi Shafran’s blast against blogs: Yes, all true, but… “If not for the fear (of government sanction) men would eat each other alive” (Avos). By censoring scandals out of the “frum” media, by forcing “Panim … Continue reading
Rabbi Avi Shafran: Blogs “Evil,” “Infested,” “Close on the Heels of the Swindlers and Pornographers”
From YeshivaWorld (via FailedMessiah, see this related post of mine): There was a time, not terribly long ago, when disturbed individuals bent on broadcasting angry fantasies had only soapboxes in public parks from which to rant. And respectable people knew, … Continue reading
Scholarly Abuse
Marvin Schick writes in The Jewish Week: While reading and reviewing two years ago a dreadful book on chassidic life, I came across a footnote citing a remarkably high incidence of sexual abuse among Orthodox Jewish women. The source was … Continue reading
ShiksasAreForPractice.net – Where Frum People Come To Play
From ShiksasAreForPractice.net: ShiksasareforPractice.net is the only site geared exclusively for featuring all forms of Intimate Frum Indulgences for those that are in search of similar minded individuals searching for the same type of intimate activities. We cater to the frum … Continue reading
The Limits Of Orthodox Theology
I’m sorry to have so little for the goyim during their days of awe, but here’s a caustic essay — that even a goy could love? — by Rabbi Yitzhak Blau on Marc B. Shapiro’s book, "The Limits of Orthodox … Continue reading