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Category Archives: Blogging
The Seforim Blog And Tradition Magazine Part Ways
You can now find the Seforim blog at its old address. What happened? No explanation was offered in the Tradition announcement. Moshe Friedman posts: "My guess: some higher-up RCA rabbis actually read some of the things posted on the site … Continue reading
Embrace Your Bad Self
Friends of mine are obsessed about bad things — many of them true — said about them on the internet. This is totally understandable. Reading bad things about yourself, especially when true, feel like a knife ripping through your abdomen. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Personal
Tagged abdomen, felony conviction, obsessing, orthodox rabbi, social networking
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Racism In Orthodox Judaism
Aliza Hausman, a Dominican convert to Orthodox Judaism, writes for the Jewish Journal: My husband and I started speaking out about racism in the Jewish community when a friend asked us to speak at a synagogue in Washington Heights, in … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Blogging, Jews, Orthodoxy, Politics, Race
Tagged african roots, harvard professor, head scarf, orthodox judaism, real estate broker, shabbos table
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Brooklyn Blogs Buzzing About Arrested Rabbis
From the New York Times: On a blog catering to young Syrian Jews in Brooklyn (where almost everyone has a blog), one comment seemed to crystallize the mix of puzzlement and dark humor emerging in some parts of their community … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Rabbis
Tagged dark humor, financial fraud, Rabbis, sephardic, solomon dwek, syrian jews
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