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Category Archives: Haredi
FBI Arrests Haredi Woman At Son’s Wedding
Failed Messiah reports: “Haredi woman arrested at son’s Borough Park wedding. The woman, who’s last name is Zaprin or Safrin, is allegedly another arrest linked to the Spinka Rebbe’s money laundering scandal. The Spinka Rebbe is currently serving time in … Continue reading
Most Chareidi Jews In Israel Don’t Want To Work
Dennis Prager writes: The Wall Street Journal recently published a column about ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) Jews in Israel who do not work for a living. Sixty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox men ages 35-54 do not go to work. Instead, they study Torah … Continue reading
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Tagged david ben gurion, Dennis Prager, dominant lifestyle, israel work, orthodox jews, yeshiva students
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Jewish Wigs For Women
It is nice to get some MSM coverage of Orthodox Jewish life that isn’t sneering. From the LAT: Sheitels are the wigs that married Orthodox Jewish women of the most devout, or Hasidic, communities wear in public. It would be … Continue reading
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Tagged city coffee, hasidic jews, low cost loans, mistaken belief, orthodox jewish women, true appearance
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A Convert’s Sad Story
Anonymous writes: I am a convert. There can be no question that I am halakhically Jewish, at least if you trust the Lubavitchers to know halakha. I am writing to protest the downright shameful treatment of converts by the Orthodox … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative rabbi, converting to judaism, first five books, orthodox jews, orthodox rabbi, shameful treatment
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A Convert Laments
I’m tired of all this Jewish lamenting over the latest conversion bill. I’m a convert to Orthodox Judaism and a well respected one at that! Like Jewish philosopher Jacob Stein, you’d be hard-pressed to find any Orthodox Jew who has … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Haredi, Orthodoxy
Tagged american jews, conversion program, jewish identity, Jewish Journal, orthodox conversion, orthodox judaism, panties in a knot, second intifada, statue of jesus
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