Monthly Archives: December 2008

How Come We Ain’t Got No Hot Chanies In LA?

From the website FrumSlang.com: n. "Hot Chanies are married women who supposedly adhere to the laws of modesty by dressing in wigs and skirts, but usually the skirts are tight and short and the wigs are sexy. Hot Chanies reside … Continue reading

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The Elie Wiesel Foundation Does Not Have Clean Hands

The losers in the Bernie Madoff scandal rarely have clean hands. They were knowing participants in a scheme that was entirely imprudent and in more jeopardy than a virgin at a jailhouse rodeo. The Elie Wiesel Foundation had $9 million … Continue reading

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Inside Jewish Charities

I dug up the tax return for the Jewish Community Foundation from 2006. There’s no return available on guidestar.com for 2007. I want to understand what culpability the Jewish Community Foundation has for its bad investments with Bernie Madoff. It … Continue reading

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I’m Lighting My Hanukkah Candle

Live on my cam. I needed help with the songs so I brought in the Miami Boys Choir: Khunrum emails: “They say that most accidents happen in the Hovel…..I mean Home. Be careful that your Hanukkah Candle doesn’t set fire … Continue reading

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How Should We Deal With Skeptics?

Here’s one approach posted on the blog ModernOrthodoxPrax: "The rambam states quite clearly that skeptics are to be murdered in cold blood. One does not even need a beis din, but any Jew can take matters into his own hands … Continue reading

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