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Daily Archives: October 16, 2008
Live Torah Talk With Monica & Joey
Click here to join the fun. We’re discussing the last Torah portion — Vezot Haberachah (Deuteronomy 33 and 34). According to Wikipedia: “The Lord . . . came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged accepting god, torah portion, tribe of benjamin, tribe of judah, tribes of israel, urim and thummim
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I’m Tired Of The Fluffy Treatment The Jewish Journal Gives ‘Progressive’ Orthodox Judaism
The rabbis must be happy when they can have one of their own write these stories. That way they won’t be asked any tough questions. This is what I call unethical journalism — having someone you control report on you. … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Bnai David-Judea, Daniel Korobkin, Ethics, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, YICC
Tagged judea congregation, nai david, postville iowa, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef, state and federal labor laws
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Reforming Orthodox Judaism
Joe emails: 1. No second day of Yom Tov. 2. Davening should be shortened to just the shema, the shemonah esreh and the psalm of the day. The rest of the time alloted should be for communal and interactive torah … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged forensic justification, orthodox judaism, shabbat prayers, study talmud, talmud study, yom tov
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I’m Entering A Blogger Treatment Center
Only now can the full story be told. Just before Rosh Hashanah, I drank too much manishevitz and outed some 18-year old seminarian blogger. Then I went to the Crowne Plaza on Pico and Beverwil and got into a fight … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Satire
Tagged damn book, good listener, manishevitz, negative publicity, orthodox judaism, seminarian
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Let’s Talk Politics
Joe emails: What is the difference between god and Antonio Villaraigosa? God is everywhere. Antonio is everywhere but Los Angeles. A decent candidate with some minority flavor could and should beat AV in the mayoral election. Hahn lost because the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Antonio Villaraigosa, laura chick, magic johnson, mendoza line, minority candidate, woman candidate
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