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Category Archives: Gossip
Can Comedy Be Kosher?
I just read a provocative article on Orthodox Jews in comedy in Tablet Magazine. According to the author’s self-description: “Josh Lambert (@joshnlambert), a Tablet Magazine contributing editor and comedy columnist, is the academic director of the Yiddish Book Center, Visiting … Continue reading
When Gossip Packs A Punch
A few months ago, Friend A told me about Friend B, “Her father is a conman.” And suddenly everything fell into place. All sorts of things that didn’t make sense suddenly made sense. The remark took all these jagged edges … Continue reading
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The Great Controversies Of The Chofetz Chaim
The Chofetz Chaim was a European Orthodox rabbi who lived at the turn of the last century. According to Wikipedia: “Yisrael Meir (Kagan) Poupko (Dziatłava, 1838 – Radun’, 1933), known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim, was an influential Lithuanian Jewish … Continue reading
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Four Reasons Why You Should Gossip
From Chabad: Reason #2: You are G‑d’s warrior. And just as G‑d cannot tolerate falsehood, so too you, as His fighter, have a moral obligation to search, find and publicize your fellow’s secrets, so that he should not, heaven forbid, … Continue reading
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Tagged human sacrifice, moral obligation, reason 2, reason 3, table altar
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You Shouldn’t Read Blogs
From a Torah perspective, blogs just don’t seem kosher. I have an instinctive reaction against women as Orthodox rabbis. It just doesn’t seem right. Similarly, blogs that talk about other people, it just doesn’t seem right. That’s what the goyim … Continue reading
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Tagged ghetto mentality, instinctive reaction, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, physical attributes, rate women, social mores, strange fire, torah perspective
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