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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Jewcy – We Hardly Knew Ya
I could never figure out why Jewcy.com didn’t use Adsense on their site. They probably could’ve made $100,000 from it over the past three years and at least as much from other online advertising programs. Perhaps if they had used … Continue reading
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Tagged backers, dumbo, funder, kurtzman, michael steinhardt, michael weiner
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Is Bible Scholar James Kugel A Heretic?
Daniel writes on Hirhurim: Some comments seemed to indicate that Professor Kugel is Shomer Mitzvos. However, if he does not believe in Torah min HaShamayim, then I do not see how he can fully believe (if at all) that the … Continue reading
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Tagged bachur, bible scholar, frum skeptics, intellectual system, sefer hayashar, yisro
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Naming Sources
David writes on Hirhurim: "Maybe the Rambam had a stronger basis on which to be ‘somech’ his methodology of not naming sources, i.e. from Moshe Rabbenu himself. After all, at the beginning of Devari-im when Moshe starts his review of … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment of judges, moshe, rambam, somech, talmud, tempest in a teapot
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Luke With The Ladies At LimmudLA 2009
My LimmudLA 2009 report. My Live Cam And Discussion I received many comments at LimmudLA and after LimmudLA that my proclivities for touching women rendered my Orthodoxy suspect. I found these remarks deeply hurtful. I take my cues in these … Continue reading