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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
NOAH FELDMAN PLAYS A DANGEROUS GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS
Shira Dicker (married to journalist Ari Goldman whose mother Judy was the sister of Mindy Lamm, Rabbi Norman’s sister) posts: I personally think that Maimonides’ decision to airbrush you out of their newsletter was pretty stupid. But you shouldn’t have … Continue reading
Modern Orthodox – The Play
According to the Jewish Journal: July 31-September 2 What happens when a secular Jewish couple living on the Upper West Side collides with an Orthodox diamond dealer from Brooklyn? Head to Beverly Hills to find out, where the West Coast … Continue reading
Annulling A Conversion
From the Jerusalem Post: In February, Ashdod Rabbinic Court judge Rabbi Avraham Atia issued a ruling that shocked many outside the rabbinic establishment. Basing his verdict on the fact that a woman who came to him seeking to divorce her … Continue reading
Do you have SADD (shul attention deficit disorder)?
From FrumSatire: You have read the shull announcement sheet 5 times, but still guard it against any folks who seek to borrow it; You hoard those torah email sheets from the OU and random places in Monsey so you have … Continue reading
The Orthodox Paradox
Paul Shaviv (father of blogger Miriam Shaviv and director of the Hebrew Academy of Toronto) writes about Noah Feldman’s New York Times article: 7. The question of how to handle an embarrassing ‘b’dieved” situation – as happened at the now … Continue reading
Stanford’s Eruv Controversy
From the Forward.com: “We look upon the eruv as a violation of our right to live in a spiritual environment of our own choice,” city resident Walton McMillan commented July 6 on the Palo Alto Weekly’s Web site, where debates … Continue reading
RJA: ‘The NY Times War Against the Jews’
Robert J. Avrech writes: The New York Times ramps up its war against the Jews. This time they use the most time honored of methods: a formerly religious Jew, now an arch liberal, writes a seemingly scholarly, and dispassionate criticism … Continue reading
Rashi, Rambam & The Baal Shem Tov
Robert J. Avrech blogs: My good friend Rabbi Berel Wein has produced a wonderful animated film about the life and times of Rashi. It was written by my high school buddy Jesse Cogan and directed by Ashley Lazarus, another close … Continue reading
Mourning The Temple
Though you wouldn’t realize it from my writing, I think about girls a lot. As a single man, I’ve met enough to keep me interested but not enough to satisfy. What I’ve lacked in quality, I’ve made up for in … Continue reading
Man Sues His Therapist
Daniel Bolour, who has a long history of mental problems, is furious and he’s going after a lot of people in the Pico-Robertson community (particularly at Mogen David and Aish HaTorah).