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Jewish boys hoops team won’t play on Saturday
DENVER (AP) — State senators have taken up the cause of a Jewish boys basketball team whose playoff run may be halted because its players can’t play on the Jewish Sabbath. The Herzl/Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy team could be headed … Continue reading
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Westwood Kehilla Struggling To Financially Support Two Rabbis
The Westwood Kehilla is doing all sorts of fundraising to try to get it done. From Kehilla.org: "Under the leadership of Rabbi Asher Brander the Kehilla continues to expand upon its tradition of classes and numerous community activities throughout Los … Continue reading
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Bad News
That was the most successful email header for Frank Kern in his recent campaign for Mass Control. That header got more emails opened than any other. I’ve sometimes heard Orthodox Jews say, "If he doesn’t stop talking lashon hara about … Continue reading
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A Hard Luck Story
RabbiAriel5740: there is an extremely unfair law in Minisota in regards to non-custodial parents RabbiAriel5740: they must pay more than 400$ a month even if they are not working RabbiAriel5740: there is a woman in Arizona right now who lost … Continue reading
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Larry Sinclair Passes Drug Screening Test; Expert Polygrapher Revealed
BigHeadDC writes: WhiteHouse.com has received the results from Larry Sinclair’s drug test earlier than expected. Sinclair, the Minnesota man who has accused Sen. Barack Obama of doing drugs and have a sexual encounter with him in 1999, passed with flying … Continue reading
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‘I Must Warn You That The Last Woman Who Did That To Me Got Pancreatic Cancer!’
‘Nuff said.
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George Patton As A Hasidic Rebbe
There are all these books about Moses or Joseph as a political leader and Moses as a great CEO, etc, but never the other way round. Why not a book on Napoleon as a Hasidic rebbe or Ike Eisenhower as … Continue reading
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I’m No Longer Going To Poskin For People Unless I Have A Relationship With Them
Unless you are a member of my website, unless you subscribe to Your Moral Leader‘s newsletter, unless I know where you are coming from, I no longer feel comfortable ruling on Jewish law for you. So I tell you what … Continue reading
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Is It A Sin To Bang Washington Lobbyists Like The Whores They Are?
Or is it a mitzvah?
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600 Students Observe Shabbos, Some Say For Keeps
From Lubavitch.com: Preparing Shabbos takes work. With 600 guests coming for two dinners and then some–that’s months of hard work for Chabad Shluchim, lots of fundraising and logistical planning. Why do they do it? (lubavitch.com/LNS) “What a credit to Chabad … Continue reading
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