Monthly Archives: July 2020

Singo: The John Singleton Story

Here are some highlights from this 2010 book about the legendary Australian ad man: * work is for working and grog is for getting pissed. * Singleton enforcing a booze ban might seem like Dracula handing out bandaids but he … Continue reading

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The New Perry Mason

Comment: The new Perry Mason is very well done as far as sets, costumes, period details, etc. – they spent a fortune and it shows. But the plot is pure 2020. Mason has a Latina lover who is a wealthy … Continue reading

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Of Books And Bans

Marc B. Shapiro writes in 2002: At the end of 2002, within the space of a few months, Orthodox Jewry witnessed something very unusual. With great publicity two books were placed under a ban: Nathan Kamenetsky’s Making of a Godol1 … Continue reading

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Marc Shapiro On Rav Shach

In 2008, Marc Shapiro emails the Daas Torah blog: * I would like to clarify my [1993 email] posting about Rav Shach. In fact I actually hinted to this in my first sentence (if I remember correctly). What I wrote … Continue reading

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Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer’s Program of Torah u-Madda

Marc B. Shapiro writes circa 2000: Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was, together with Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, the pioneer of Torah im Derekh Erez in modern times. Although each of them understood this concept differently, with Hildesheimer advocating Orthodox Wissenschaft … Continue reading

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