Daily Archives: March 30, 2008

Narcissism Vs Gossip

Jane says: I hear you’re talking about me, so that’s good! A good friend goes sort of insane whenever I mention your name. I think he went to a screening of your "movie," or wish he had gone, or something. … Continue reading

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Rabbi Avrohom Union’s Background

He’s a baal teshuva. He was not raised in Orthodoxy. He came to it as an adult under the influence of Rabbi Beryl Wein and others. Rabbi Union was in on the founding of Ohr Somayach. He came to Los … Continue reading

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Lakewood Yeshiva Bocher wanted for armed robbery

Rotenberg (PHOTO PROVIDED) App.com reports: HOWELL — A 19-year-old Lakewood man has been identified as the suspect sought by authorities in an armed robbery at Reich Jewelers, where two employees were held at gunpoint and forced to fill duffel bags … Continue reading

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Spitting During The Aleinu Prayer

This was emailed me: Say, my friend, I really appreciate you coming to my home to help make a minyan, but would you mind not spitting on my $4000 oriental rug? I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been … Continue reading

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“From Lodging to Lodging” and “The Tale of the Scribe”

Bnai David-Judea hosts a book club discussion with the Conservative temple Ikar Sunday at 7:30 p.m.  in the Beit Midrash. The two stories in my headline are found in S.Y. Agnon’s A Book That Was Lost And Other Stories. You … Continue reading

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