Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Golddiggers?

Walking on Pico Blvd today, I passed various flyers with the headline: "The Golddiggers". The flyer blasted a religious couple in the neighborhood. Here’s what I gather: There are five kids in this story. Two of the kids became religious. … Continue reading

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The Role Of Women In Orthodox Judaism

In his second class on Rabbi Ben Zion Uziel for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: Rav Kook opposed women voting. He says the role of the woman is not to be in the public sphere. The Mercaz … Continue reading

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Knocking On Heaven’s Door

In his second class for Torah in Motion on Rabbi Ben Zion Uziel, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: There was a time 30 years ago when, if you had a question for Reb Moshe Feinstein, the greatest posek of the … Continue reading

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Why Marc B. Shapiro Won’t Be Giving Any Classes On The Rebbe, The Rav, And Aharon Kotler

In his first class on Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg for Torah in Motion, Professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Let me tell you about who we won’t be discussing — the three most important figures in post-war North American Orthodoxy — … Continue reading

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Dennis Prager talks to John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis and an expert on health care reform

Thursday, hour one of Prager’s radio show: On Obama’s town hall on health care reform, a woman with metastizing breast cancer says she and her husband have $50,000 in medical-related debts even though they both have health insurance and are … Continue reading

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