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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Very Religious
Whenever Jews tell me they were raised “very religious”, I know that they were not raised Orthodox. They were raised in some watered-down form of Judaism whose minimal demands struck them as “very religious.” Whenever Jews tell me they are … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged jewish lives, minimal demands, Modern Orthodox, orthodox jews, orthodox rabbi, shafner
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Post-Orthodoxy & The Ordination Of Women As Orthodox Rabbis
I don’t know much about Torah but I instinctively find the notion of an ordained female Orthodox rabbi to be post-Orthodox aka outside of Orthodox Judaism. The Orthodox Judaism I thought I knew prescribes very separate roles for men and … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Rabbis
Tagged fellow jews, gender line, intents and purposes, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, rabbi yosef, religious leadership, religious principle
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Have You Noticed My Change In Tone?
From my live cam: Josh: wow luke, the beard has gotten really long. i haven’t been on your webcam in maybe 6 months. you look like you lost weight too Josh: so i hear you’re officially a member of the … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged alex tech, chabadnik, elders of zion, fair dinkum, goyim, member of the tribe, protocols of the elders, protocols of the elders of zion, yid
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Shannon Orand’s Unusual Conversion
Here’s the Jewish Israel report. Here’s The Jerusalem Report. From The Jerusalem Post, it sounds like Rav Shmuel Eliyahu (Chief Rabbi of Safed and the son of the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Mordechai Eliyahu) is the main force … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conversion, Guma Aguiar, Israel, Jewish Israel, Orthodoxy, R. Dov Lior, R. Haim Druckman, R. Leib Tropper, R. Rafi Ostroff, R. Shmuel Eliyahu, R. Tovia Singer, Shannon Orand
Tagged bnei akiva, chief rabbi, chief rabbinate, israel report, jerusalem post, jerusalem report, orand, rabbi dov lior, rabbi shmuel, rabbi singer, rabbi tovia singer, rav dov lior
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