Monthly Archives: March 2012

Jewcer.com – Crowd Funding For Jewish Projects

It’s a Jewish version of kickstarter.com. Check out Jewcer.com: The global Jewish community is filled with creative and innovative ideas that could benefit our people both in Israel and around the world. Unfortunately, many do not succeed. Why? Funding. Well, … Continue reading

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Carrying On The Sabbath

In his second lecture on R. Joseph Mesas for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “If R. Joseph Mesas made his rulings in America, we’d think he was a Conservative rabbi.” “In Algeria in the 1920s, 1930s, the … Continue reading

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Orthodox Women Covering Their Hair

In his second lecture on R. Joseph Mesas for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: In the 1950s at RIETS (the rabbinical school at Yeshiva University), about one percent of the rabbis in training had wives who covered … Continue reading

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The Whorehouse Next To Synagogue Ohel Moshe On Pico Blvd 90035

A few hours after I published about the massage parlor next to the Orthodox synagogue Beth Jacob of Beverly Hills, the whorehouse closed down. I was not aware until this evening about the whorehouse next to the Sephardic synagogue Ohel … Continue reading

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Why Are So Many Jews On The Left?

Dennis Prager writes: Jacob Cherub writes: “Throughout history there have been repugnant dictatorships on both the left and right,” and their “repression and brutality is really no different than communist repression and brutality.” He then cites, among other examples, fascist … Continue reading

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