Monthly Archives: December 2010

Christmas At Walgreens

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s parsha is Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26). Watch the whole show from Dec. 6 (Dec. 13):

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My Three Favorite Jewish Blogs

Here’s what I read in order of frequency checked: * JewishJournal.com. It’s not so much the conventional news stories it places at the top of the site. It is its listings of updated blogs midway down the front page on … Continue reading

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Orthodox Heretics

Heshy Fried describes different types of Orthodox skeptics who live the life but don’t necessarily believe Orthodox: Frum for marriage: You’re married and you don’t believe in Judaism, but for some reason you still want your kids to go to … Continue reading

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s Issue With American Jewish University

Rabbi Boteach writes: I thought of this story recently in an incident with the American Jewish University (formerly, the University of Judaism) in Los Angeles after my organization, This World: The Values Network, approached the AJU to ask if they … Continue reading

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The Search For Honor

On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “My heart sank when I heard about the suicide of Bernard Madoff’s son. He hung himself in his home while his two-year old slept in the next room. I was thinking of … Continue reading

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