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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Orthodox Jews Vs. Child Abuse
The New York Times reports: For decades, prosecutors in Brooklyn routinely pursued child molesters from every major ethnic and religious segment of the borough’s diverse population. Except one. Of some 700 child sexual abuse cases brought in an average year, … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Blogging, Orthodoxy
Tagged camp counselors, child sexual abuse, gil student, orthodox jewish community, rabbi pinchas, sexual abuse cases, ultra orthodox jews, york times reports
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Does Facebook Lead To Defamation?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: In this week’s The Jewish Press, R. Mordechai Weiss writes [on page 25]: Then came Facebook and Twitter, which took the Internet to a new level of impropriety. Things are written on Facebook that end … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip, Internet, Orthodoxy, The Jewish Press
Tagged abe froman, Facebook, facebook home, gil student, impropriety, jewish press, lashon hara, orthodox rabbi, rabbi moshe, rabbi weiss, twitter
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Modern Orthodoxy Vs Traditional Orthodoxy
Shula Cohen writes on Hirhurim: "Every time that Modern Orthodoxy bows to Hareidi Judaism, even implicitly, as being more authentic, it damages itself. If Modern Orthodoxy is to thrive it must defend itself…arguing…why it is a superior form of Judaism…" … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged Hirhurim, marc shapiro, shula cohen, sports arenas, traditional orthodoxy, univ of scranton
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Staying Inside For Yizkor (Memorial Prayers)
Rav Yosef Kanefsky writes: Over the last couple of years, I have been urging everyone in shul to remain inside the sanctuary for Yizkor – even those who, thank God, have both parents alive. I have made this request in … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Synagogue
Tagged decorum, memorial prayers, missing the boat, sayers, shul, yom kippur
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Yisroel Pensack: San Francisco Orthodox Shul Plans $4.5 Million Building Renovation and Partial Redesign
Congregation Chevra Thilim, which describes itself as "San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation," has launched a $4.5 million fundraising drive to renovate, partially redesign and upgrade its large sanctuary and social hall. The project also includes plans for new classrooms as … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Chabad, Conservative Judaism, Hasidim, Orthodoxy, San Francisco, Synagogue, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged Beth Sholom, Congegation Chevra Thilim, fundraising, redesign, renovation, upgrade
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