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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Taking Your Husband’s Last Name
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager said: Here’s a touchy subject I have strong opinions on. Let me deal with the hyphenation matter first. I know people with hyphenated last names. Many of them are wonderful. The most obvious … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Marriage
Tagged awkwardness, Dennis Prager, hyphenated last names, strong opinions, touchy subject
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Rabbis Arrested On Charges Of Money-Laundering
If the feds audited yeshivas, I suspect they would find more cases of illegality than innocence. Report: FBI and IRS rounded up scores of elected officials and several rabbis across the state in what is being described as one of … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged illegality, international money, jewish enclave, money laundering, money transfers, spokesmen
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When The Goyim Mock Us For Not Wearing Shoes
Rabbi Michael Broyde writes: "Second, we now live in a society where Jews ought to seek to conduct themselves in ways that cause the Gentiles around us not to mock us. Halacha frowns on letting Jews be mocked and certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Michael J. Broyde
Tagged 9th of av, ashkenazic, converse allstars, gentiles, goyim, Jews, rabbi michael, russian empire, uncommon practice
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Provocative New Book On Orthodox Jewish Philosophers
Rabbi Gil Student writes: When I first opened R. Ira Bedzow’s recent book, Halakhic Man, Authentic Jew: Modern Expressions of Orthodox Thought from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits, I was surprised. I had expected to find summaries … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged gil student, jewish philosophers, joe schmoe, joseph b soloveitchik, rabbi eliezer, rabbi joseph b soloveitchik, thought structures
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I Want To Prosecute You For Love Crimes
I grew up with a father who had two PhDs. One was in Rhetoric. Dad could take neutral events and make you feel like they were war crimes. He could connect Abraham with Christmas. He could do almost anything rhetorically. … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged neutral events, perpetrator, rhetoric, ss guard, war crimes
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