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Category Archives: Jews
Why Have There Been So Few Pogroms This Summer?
The National Jewish Service reports that for the better part of the past two and a half months…an upper level trough has been located along or just off the West Coast. This has maintained a significant marine influence across coastal … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish service, marine influence, ocean water temperatures, sea breezes, southwestern california, upper level trough
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How To Help Jews Marry Jews
I applaud these ideas. I want to marry a Jew. I might need a little help. Rabbi Asher Lopatin writes: 2)If you are married, invite singles over to your home for Shabbat dinner or lunch. Many homes are just not … Continue reading
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Tagged bashert, intermarriage in israel, lopatin, shabbat dinner, shidduch, tisha b av
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The Crush
I was hearing stories about getting close to the rebbe and it made me think that I never experienced crushes as a goy. I grew up a Protestant and Protestants don’t tend to press together tightly. We were more restrained. … Continue reading
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Tagged der stuermer, goy, protestants, rebbe, restraints
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God Loves You!
Have you ever heard a Jew talk that way? I have not. If we heard a Jew talk that way, we’d send him for psychological help, notes Dennis Prager. So why don’t Jews talk that way? The Torah has a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews, R. J. B. Soloveitchik
Tagged airy fairy, aristotelian philosophy, congregation of israel, Dennis Prager, grace god, jewish mind, muslim countries, night god, psychological help
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The Cost Of Being Jewish
Lisa Miller writes for Newsweek: Why does it cost so much to be Jewish? At a time when American families are tightening household budgets, does it really make sense to continue to charge thousands of dollars to participate in Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged free synagogue, inevitable extinction, jack wertheimer, orthodox jewish family, rabbi ammiel hirsch, synagogue membership
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I Got To Talk About Tisha B’Av On The Beach
What is the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av? Check out its Wikipedia profile. So, some friends of mine were having a bonfire at Dockweiler Beach last night. I was ambivalent about going. My soul is so in love with … Continue reading
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Tagged bloody cold, dockweiler beach, dvar torah, hot young girls, mating rituals, preacher man
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Ten Commandments For Liberal Jews
Click here to watch last night’s entire Torah discussion with Rabbi Rabbs. Rabbi Rabbs says: The Ten Commandments for Liberal Jews: 1. You shall take offense to Christians and loudly proclaim Christianity goes against Judaism, while you shall have no … Continue reading
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Tagged college professors, deer rifles, health care package, illegal alien, liberal jews, national rifle association, rabbi, rabbs, universal health care
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The Reasons For Jewish Laws
In his third lecture on Deuteronomy in 2002, Dennis Prager says: “The rabbis [of the Talmud] distinguished between chukim (laws between man and God) and mishpatim (laws between man and man) as chukim are laws we can not understand and … Continue reading
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Rabbi Rabbs’s Controversial Statements
Rabbi Rabbs writes on his Facebook page: Today’s Controversial Statement #1: G-d, His Torah, and His children the Jews form a trinity. We are One. Thus, anybody that hates us Jews, hates G-d. Anybody that hates G-d or trashes Judaism … Continue reading
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The Torah Says It Is OK To Ask Questions
From Dennis Prager’s eleventh lecture on Deuteronomy (2003): Dennis: “When people say ‘Jews’, nobody yawns.” Deut: 6:20: “If your child asks you tomorrow, saying, ‘What are the testimonies and the decrees and the ordinances that HaShem, our God, commanded you?” … Continue reading →