Monthly Archives: October 2010

Jewish Wigs For Women

It is nice to get some MSM coverage of Orthodox Jewish life that isn’t sneering. From the LAT: Sheitels are the wigs that married Orthodox Jewish women of the most devout, or Hasidic, communities wear in public. It would be … Continue reading

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Extremism In Aleppo, Syria

In his Oct. 25, 2010 lecture on R. Elijah Benamozegh for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: There has been a trend of extremism in Aleppo for a long time… The Aleppo Syrian [Jewish] community burned this book … Continue reading

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Rav Kook On Evolution

Dr. Marc Shapiro blogs: He mentions that Maimonides assumes the eternity of the world when he seeks to prove the existence, unity, and incorporeality of God. Maimonides adopts this model so that his proof will be acceptable to everyone. R. … Continue reading

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Barack Obama – Pragmatist?

On his radio show Wednesday, Dennis Prager said: “It is almost infinitely easier to damage than to construct. It is very hard to make a good country. The left-wing instinct is to tamper. The further left you go, the worse … Continue reading

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Getting Out Of Your Way

From DennisPrager.com: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Radio Show H1: Getting Out of Your Way Prager H1: Conservatives want to get of your way. Liberals would prefer to control as much as your life as they can… Dennis talks to Tom … Continue reading

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