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Category Archives: Heshy Fried
San Francisco Is A Tough Place To Be An Orthodox Jew
Heshy Fried blogs: “San Francisco isn’t like other cities, for a city its size it has a dismal amount of Jewish services for the observant folks. It has two kosher restaurants and a butcher, one of the kosher restaurants is … Continue reading
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Tagged heshy, jewish services, kosher restaurant, kosher restaurants, mikvah, orthodox jew
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The Worst Thoughts On Yom Kippur
Heshy Fried blogs: Water running past my knuckles – ahhhh! Maybe after I wash my fingertips I could by accidentally touch my lips.
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Why I Love Orthodox Judaism
Heshy Fried blogs: Hot Chani: I like the fact that frum people can’t escape the evil of sexiness, I love the fact that you can be frum tznius and sexy. Although tznius is definitely a relative term in this case … Continue reading
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Tagged heshy, nidah, orthodox judaism, relative term, sexiness
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Friends In Trouble
Rodger Jacobs writes for the Las Vegas Sun: As I write this, taking a brief late night respite from packing books into boxes, I am just days away from an uncertain future, a Black Tuesday when the Sword of Damocles … Continue reading
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Tagged educational documentaries, feature documentary, glacier point road, john c holmes, magazine journalist, true crime author
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Heshy Fried Needs A New Car So He Can Get Married
Heshy Fried blogs: “My car almost died. It overheated and we had to stand around picking blackberries on the side of a dirt road before I could get it started again. I need a new one and I’m asking you … Continue reading
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Tagged contrary to popular belief, decent car, dirt road, heshy, loyal fan, paycheck to paycheck
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This Could Hurt Your Orthodox Marriage Prospects
Heshy Fried writes: Facebook: Unless you are a kiruv rabbi, you have no excuse to be on facebook. If you happen to be on facebook you may want to make sure that you are fans of gedolim and kosher Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged emunah, Facebook, jewish music, marriage prospects, rabbi
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What Do Single Orthodox Guys Like?
From FrumSatire: Stuff yeshivish single learning guys younger than 24 like
Posted in Heshy Fried, Orthodoxy
Tagged actuality, biology labs, distinct possibility, dreams, getting a job, hot girl, rest of my life, rich daddy, yeshiva boys
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She’s Off The Derech
I interviewed a cute girl this afternoon about why she left Orthodox Judaism. Nataly Mor writes an essay on Heshy Fried’s blog FrumSatire about why she left Orthodox Judaism: Living in Brooklyn, especially in Boro Park, and being off the … Continue reading
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Tagged frumsatire, heshy, life choices, living in brooklyn, orthodox judaism, uncomfortable subject
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Heshy Fried Coming Out As A Writer
Read or watch the whole interview here. Luke: “Is it difficult for you that there is not much Torah in the San Francisco Bay Area?” Heshy: “That’s what I like. I like communities with a lack of Jewish resources because … Continue reading
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The Baltimore Yeshiva Suicide
Read or watch the whole interview here. Heshy Fried: “Blogging has opened up my mind to all sorts of people and I’ve got a girlfriend out of it and probably a future wife.” Luke: “How does your dad like your … Continue reading
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Tagged car accident, falsehood, family member, good news service, news sites, Yeshiva
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