Category Archives: Gossip

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

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Dennis Prager Feels Little Desire To Gossip

I guess it all depends on how you define gossip. Dennis Prager’s number one source for items for his show is the Drudge Report, the number one news and gossip website in the world. On his radio show today, Dennis … Continue reading

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Rabbis, Converts & Jewish Law

I got into a discussion via email with Orthodox rabbi Yehuda Yonah Rubinstein who wanted me to remove from my website a claim that he was a convert to Judaism. I decided to publish our private email exchange after he … Continue reading

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‘The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet’

I figured there was no more important book I should read over Yom Kippur than this one by law professor Daniel J. Solove. It was my second time through in three months (I also read it while spending Shabbos in … Continue reading

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National Lashon Hara Day

From OU.org, five reasons to speak lashon hara: As we march towards Rosh Hashana, join with Jews across North America to be more aware of what we say and what we listen to, and to resolve to improve in 5769. … Continue reading

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