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Daily Archives: May 8, 2008
Daily Yid Off The Air
There was a falling out between the Daily Yid (a Satmar in Williamsburg) and Leah Kleim over the past week. I suspect that that had something to do with the following email I received: "with joy and happiness we notifu … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged collaboration, contributer, email, happiness health, joy and happiness, kidush, kleim, peace and happiness, Satmar, williamsburg, yid
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My Mom & Dad In The Chatroom
Or somebody imitating them: GillianFord: Nobody checks for sinkers or floaters like you, Des! Our boy has been such a heartache. Why does he remain so silent? And why must he continually abuse the kindness of the Jewish people that … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged anti semite, bum, chatroom, cowardice, floaters, frolics, heartache, hot water, kindness, little bugger, manifestation, mom dad, monkey business, morel, pup, rectum, sinkers, wallabees, water treatment, wiggle
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Conversion Controversy
Hirhurim reports: Late last week, the Chief Rabbinical High Court in Israel ruled that all conversions over the past 20 years by R. Haim Druckman–the head of the Conversion Administration–are invalid. This led to an uproar and Chief (Sephardic) Rabbi … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged appeals court, chief rabbi, conversion controversy, conversions, goren, Hirhurim, israeli court, leviticus 19, nrp, oppression, plural form, rabbi chaim, rabbi shlomo amar, rabbinical council of america, rabbinical court, rabbinical courts, respect due, screed, state conversion, uproar
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For Religious Reasons, He Stopped Having Sex With Men
From wikipedia: David Benkof (born David Bianco in 1970) is an American journalist-entrepreneur. He was raised St. Louis, Missouri and then went to college at Stanford University, where he came out as gay his freshmen year. He served as the … Continue reading
Posted in David Benkof
Tagged american journalist, arguments for gay marriages, central institution, crossword puzzles, david bianco, devout jew, freshmen year, gay press, growing family, horoscopes, lesbian newspapers, majority interest, religious reasons, same sex marriage, sex with men, st louis missouri, stanford university, syndication service, traditional religious life, united synagogue youth
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