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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Will Love Of Christ Overcome Lack Of Sex?
I was raised (in Seventh-Day Adventism) that you should not mess around before marriage. You should not even kiss too intensely. On his second hour of his radio show Friday, Dennis Prager got a call from a evangelical Christian man … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Sex
Tagged christian man, Dennis Prager, elementary my dear watson, good sex, lack of sex, radio show, religious values
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Rabbi Gabe Elias Knows The Pulse Of Mogen David
Rabbi Elias at Mogen David is a canny operator. He thinks things out many steps ahead of the pack. He’s skilled at anticipating underhanded behavior. He can read it from a mile away. He can out-maneuver you if he wants … Continue reading
Posted in Gabe Elias, Mogen David, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Beth Jacob, Mogen David, muskat, orthodox shul, orthodox shuls, sephardic minyan
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How The Haredim Took Control In Israel
The Haredim have been yelling about the illegitimacy of Modern Orthodox conversions for many years. Only now do they have the political power to delegitimize such conversions. When the Mizrachi aka religious Zionists aka the Modern Orthodox in Israel opposed … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged chief rabbis, ehud olmert, meir lau, prime minister ariel sharon, prime minister ehud olmert, shlomo amar
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Shake This And You’ll Go To Heaven
An Orthodox friend explains to me why he doesn’t trust converts or baalei teshuva (returnees to Judaism): "Someone shows up to Canfield Elementary School with a lulav and says, shake this and you’ll go to Heaven. Suddenly the kid comes … Continue reading
Ari Wasserman’s Double Life
From Jewish Action, a magazine of the Orthodox Union: Ari Wasserman, thirty-eight, a successful Los Angeles lawyer, is leading a double life. He’s traversing both the Torah and corporate worlds with seemingly the greatest of ease, and prospering in both. … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodox Union
Tagged corporate contracts, jewish action, parashat hashavua, shacharit, shiur, shiurim
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