Monthly Archives: March 2012

Does A Jew Need To Earn His Beard?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

I was taken aback a few years ago when I had a beard when an old woman told me I had to earn the right to have a beard and I clearly had not. I thought it was clearly the … Continue reading →

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Why the NAACP Went to Geneva

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

Dennis Prager writes: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, has gone to the United Nations — specifically the U.N. Human Rights Council — for, in the words of USA Today, “help battling what the organization … Continue reading →

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Jews Rarely Have Open Casket Funerals

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

I grew up a goy, a Seventh-Day Adventist. It was not until I came to America at age 11 that I went to funerals with open caskets. In a 2010 lecture titled “R. Avraham Shapiro” for Torah in Motion, professor … Continue reading →

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Can You Ask A Question Of A Haredi Rabbi?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Luke Ford

In a 2010 lecture on R. Avraham Shapiro for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: From a journal published in Sivan, 2009. Here’s something I disagree with. I think it is a negative approach. It’s a recording of … Continue reading →

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Torah Talk! Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Luke Ford

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PDT on the rabbi’s cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. This week we study Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26).

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