Monthly Archives: February 2009

Religious Gratitude For The Atheist Wave

Rabbi Gil Student writes: There is a thought-provoking opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal (link) in which the religious author suggests that he is grateful for the recent wave of vocal atheism: Why should believers welcome this emergence of … Continue reading

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Wahe Guru – What Have You Done To Me?

I’m in yoga. I went to be flexible for my Torah class later in the evening, flexible enough to see alternative readings of the sacred text, alternative interpretations, alternative ways out of religious obligation. We’re asked to move our mats … Continue reading

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The Jewish Obsession With Law

So here’s a copy of the new letter Pico-Robertson’s Modern Orthodox rabbis are sending to local businesses owned by Jews. Will this high profile campaign do any good or will it only make rabbis feel good for grandstanding on a … Continue reading

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The Bad Jew

"Would you carry this?" she asks. We’re outside the Santa Monica Co-Op on Broadway, a few blocks from where I had a passionate one-year fling with a gorgeous shiksa who was ten years my junior, five times more flexible, one-quarter … Continue reading

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Latin America Jewry’s Bernard Madoff

Joe emails: The collapse of Stanford Financial is becoming the Madoff Event of Latin American Jewry, and in particular Mexico City’s community, and in particular some major philanthropic and leadership names that maintain one foot in Mexico City and the … Continue reading

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