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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Can You Betroth A Woman Through A Messenger?
If the messenger has sex with your bride. Is that a valid Jewish marriage? Ask your rebbe that. That’s what Dr. Marc B. Shapiro advises Jewish teenagers. If the rebbe gets flustered and angry at the question, then he’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged charles kushner, chief rabbi, jewish marriage, jewish teenagers, louis jacobs, Marc B. Shapiro, Marriage, rebbe
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New York Times Reviews Two New Books On The Mortgage Crisis
One guy who signed on for a mortgage he could not handle was a New York Times economics writer. His new book is called BUSTED. Alyssa Katz has published, Our Lot: How Real Estate Has Come To Own Us. Katz … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged government policies, noble intentions, perverse incentives, profit centers, two new books, york journalist
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Closing Time by Joe Queenan
Queenan writes in his memoir that his writing career took off when he quit drinking. His second "My Turn" column for Newsweek "was an all-out assault on alcoholics in general and my father in particular. It recounted the beatings, the … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol
Tagged addictive drug, alcoholics, beatings, closing time, joe queenan, quot
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The Housing Boom
Check out the book on Amazon.com. Economist Thomas Sowell appeared on Dennis Prager’s radio show May 27: Tom: If the results weren’t so serious, all this would make a great Gilbert & Sullivan musical, with all the mutually contradictory statements … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged amazon, Dennis Prager, economist thomas sowell, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, Thomas Sowell
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Saul Lieberman’s Attempt To Take Over The Jewish Theological Seminary
In his second class on Rabbi Ben Zion Uziel for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: Saul Lieberman attempted to get anyone of stature to come to JTS. Lieberman posited JTS as an institution that accepts the binding … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Judaism, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged jewish theological seminary, Marc B. Shapiro, saul lieberman, torah in motion, torah scholars
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