Daily Archives: January 26, 2010

Her Father Is Finally Dying

I was wondering where a friend was. I was told, “This sounds horrible, but her father is finally dying.” I guess the old codger had been in poor health for years but he kept hanging on. Now it appears he’s … Continue reading

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How Does Men Marrying Men Go Over In Orthodox Communities?

I expect that most of the left-wing American Modern Orthodox embrace same-sex marriage. A Modern Orthodox source says: a male member of our community was recently outed as a homosexual. he married another dude and posted up pictures of the … Continue reading

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Have You Noticed My Change In Tone?

From my live cam: Josh: wow luke, the beard has gotten really long. i haven’t been on your webcam in maybe 6 months. you look like you lost weight too Josh: so i hear you’re officially a member of the … Continue reading

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The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work

I love this book by John Gottman. I didn’t realize that by age seven, boys almost never play with girls. While a third of preschool friendships are between sexes, by age seven, there are almost no best friendships between boys … Continue reading

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Jewish News

From Hirhurim: David Greenfield defends wearing tefillin on airplanes: link Anti-semitism highest since WW2: link R. Shlomo Riskin wants Efrat to be smoke-free: link When religious people lie: link Orthodox rabbis fight for release of convicted perpetrator of bank fraud: … Continue reading

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