Daily Archives: November 25, 2009

The Uninvited

D. emails: "I’ll make it simple for you, Sunny Jim. It’s because you’re a fair-dinkum obnoxious whinger who can’t see beyond himself." Tuesday night. His assignment was to draw with crayons a picture of his life today. (Similar assignment from … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: Couple Not On Guest List Attended State Dinner Tuesday at White House

The Washington Post reports: A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: The National Football League’s Headless Head Injury Committee

The New York Times reports: In the latest indication that the National Football League will redirect its approach to players’ concussions, the co-chairmen of the league’s committee on brain injuries resigned from the group Tuesday, the league announced.  Dr. Ira … Continue reading

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Books To Sell Orthodox Judaism

Rabbi Gil Student writes: I recently made a list of good outreach books for a friend. Let me present it here with a little elaboration: Books that try to convince and respond to challenges: Nineteen Letters by R. Samson Raphael … Continue reading

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