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Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro
Sex With Non-Jewish Women Vs Sex With Jewish Prostitutes
An easy way to see a difference between the Jewish and Christian approaches to sex is to contrast the Jewish state of Israel with Christian countries such as the United States when it comes to prostitution. Using a prostitute is … Continue reading
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How Big Of A Sin Is It For A Jewish Man To Be With A Non-Jewish Woman?
Marc B. Shapiro writes: The censorship of this responsum can only have one purpose, namely, so that people don’t learn about how some members of R. Stern’s community (the Hungarian hasidic world) are having sexual relations with non-Jewish women. What … Continue reading
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Jewish Honor Killings
Marc B. Shapiro writes: …we indeed have some examples in Jewish history of “honor killings”. For example, in 1311 a Jewish woman who married a Christian and became pregnant was killed by her brothers.[27] In 1557 an Italian Jew killed … Continue reading
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Professor Marc Shapiro – Have the Rabbis Always Been Honest With Their Readers?
To what extent have modern rabbis rewritten the Jewish past eliminating what does not fit in with their contemporary religious self-interpretations and world view? This wide-ranging and original review of how this policy is applied in practice adds a new … Continue reading
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Changing The Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History
This book by professor Marc B. Shapiro comes out in September: A consideration of how segments of Orthodox society rewrite the past by eliminating that which does not fit in with their contemporary world-view. This wide-ranging and original review of … Continue reading
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