Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Does Torah Permit Stealing From The Goyim?

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Luke Ford

Tribal ethics are simple — whatever is good for the group is good. This is different from the universalist Anglo outlook I grew up with in Australia where there were few if any differences between the moral obligations you owed … Continue reading →

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Why Are So Many Nursing Homes Run & Owned By Orthodox Jews?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Luke Ford

Because running a nursing home pays well and requires minimal training (just a BA and then a one-year certificate). Orthodox Jews tend to go to the same schools for certification and that enables them to benefit from chevrusa style learning … Continue reading →

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The Market for Gedolim: A Tale of Supply and Demand

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Luke Ford

Chaim Saiman writes: Gadolhood is less about the individual erudition of a given rabbi and more about a social fact, reflecting the experience of a community bound by a concrete conception of Torah, halakha, and rabbinic authority. This sense of … Continue reading →

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Jerome Yehuda Gellman: This Was From God: A Contemporary Theology of Torah and History

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Luke Ford

Opening graphs: Increasingly, well-informed traditional Jews may find themselves distrustful of the reliability of Torah as history because of the conclusions of scholarly research from natural science, history, linguistics, Bible criticism and archaeology. And, they may not be swayed by … Continue reading →

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Former Pico-Robertson Resident Tziporah Malkah reveals she hasn’t ‘had a shag’ in six years on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Luke Ford

At least she has HaShem to hold her close. News.com.au: TZIPORAH Malkah has admitted she hasn’t “had a shag” in six years on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. On Thursday night’s episode, the former fiancee to James … Continue reading →

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