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Category Archives: New York
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
Posted in Blogging, Gossip, Los Angeles, New York, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged ghetto mentality, instinctive reaction, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, physical attributes, rate women, social mores, strange fire, torah perspective
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Lonely Hasidic Men
Where will they find solace? Will the Torah be enough? The New York Times reports: In July and August, many families there head for bungalow colonies in the Catskills, leaving behind men who work all week and reunite with their … Continue reading
Posted in Hasidim, New York
Tagged borough park, bungalow colonies, lively family, rabbi shlomo, weekday nights, york times reports
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Will New York Return To The Bad Ol’ Days?
Chaim Amalek emails: New Yorkers are always looking for signs of returns to the bad old days. In its favor is the demographic transformation wrought by the last few decades, a transformation from criminals to law abiding people that will … Continue reading
Posted in Chaim Amalek, New York
Tagged eighties, fifties, knock on wood, ol days, reversal of fortune, violent crime
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New York Feels The Recession
Chaim Amalek emails: “For the first time since I moved here years ago, I am seeing more and more the signs of real economic downturn in NYC – empty stores, stores closing shop suddenly, including some huge huge retailers like … Continue reading
Posted in New York
Tagged circuit city, economic downturn, loose money, recession, virgin records
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Inside The Galleria On 57th
Anonymous posts on Jewcy: Anybody who wants to have a quiet chat in a beautiful place, free, in mid-town Manhattan can use the lobby of the Galleria on 57th Street. It has Mendy’s, a kosher sandwhich and soda place, and a … Continue reading
Posted in New York
Tagged anonymous posts, bamboo forest, borders bookstore, mid town manhattan, studio apartment, track shoes
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