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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Return
Over the past 18 months, I spent less time in synagogue than at any point since I started going to shul regularly in the fall of 1993. Until September 14, I was going through my Orthodox conversion to Judaism and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Synagogue
Tagged alexander technique teacher, conversion program, conversion to judaism, harmonious relationship, orthodox conversion, orthodox judaism
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The Jewish Press Sued
Here’s a pdf of the dispute (YAAKOV ABDELHAK suing The Jewish Press): Here’s an excerpt: Plaintiff is a physician specializing in high risk obstetrics, whose patients are, almost without exception, women of the Orthodox Jewish faith. Plaintiff is a practicing … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, The Jewish Press
Tagged civil divorce, deposition testimony, divorce proceedings, orthodox rabbi, religious divorce, risk obstetrics
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Israel, Capitalism, And Human Excellence: An Interview with Author George Gilder
From The Jewish Press: George Gilder’s latest book, The Israel Test (Vigilante Books), is so unabashedly pro-Jewish and pro-Israel that it would make many Jews blush. In the book (an excerpt of which was featured as the front-page essay in … Continue reading
Posted in George Gilder, The Jewish Press
Tagged George Gilder, gilder technology report, growth of nations, harvard university, nelson rockefeller, wealth and poverty
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Ayn Rand?
Charles emails: Orit Arfa seems very nice, but Ayn Rand? Those books made there way around the dorm in yeshiva in Brooklyn and you could always tell who was reading them because they got better posture and wouldn’t talk to … Continue reading