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Monthly Archives: February 2010
I’m Tired Of All These Public Outpourings Of Sensitivity To Gay Orthodox Jews
Why should gay Orthodox Jews get any more compassion than any other group within Orthodoxy who chooses to publicly deviate from their religion and simultaneously seek acceptance from it? Judaism unambiguously says that is it not allowed to have sex … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Personal, Sex
Tagged fellow journalists, foundational law, gay jews, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, public actions, religion judaism, sensitive treatment, traditional jews
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Homosexuality And Orthodox Judaism
From my coverage of this past weekend’s LimmudLA: Sunday. Feb. 14, 2010. 4 p.m. Judaism and Homosexuality: An Orthodox Conversation Many assume that Orthodox leaders are uniformly unwelcoming of gays and lesbians, but Orthodox communities are far from monolithic. Join … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Homosexuality, Limmud, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged judaism and homosexuality, nyu press, orthodox rabbi, rabbi yosef, transgender jews, trembling before god
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Frum Satire At Pacific Jewish Center
PJC’s rabbi Eliyahu Fink blogs: Heshy Fried aka Frum Satire performed in front of a very diverse crowd of ~60 at the Pacific Jewish Center at the Shul on the Beach on Sunday February 14 2010 and it was incredible. … Continue reading
Posted in Heshy Fried, PJC
Tagged comedic genius, eliyahu, heshy, jewish center, laughing all the way, PJC
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Business Scandals Among LA Persian Jews
The Jewish Journal reports: Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much as $500 million that had been loaned to him
Posted in Abuse, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged iranian jews, john farahi, persian jews, radio talk show, radio talk show host, talk show host
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Seeds In The Wind
David Suissa writes in the Jewish Journal: This is a time of year that I dread, when I have to write about my three days at LimmudLA, a smorgasbord of everything Jewish. It’s like trying to squeeze 10 or 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Limmud, R. Michael Melchior
Tagged birth of zionism, jewish influence, jewish marriage, michael melchior, milken community high school, music historian, rabbi michael
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