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Orthodox Rav Solves The Mystery Of Sexual Identity Formation
Rabbi Kanefsky writes in the Jewish Journal: "I cannot articulate for myself a convincing argument as to why the legal recognition of civil marriage should be withheld from citizens who, by dint of how they were born, are only able … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, R. Yosef Kanefsky, Rabbis
Tagged attractive females, civil marriage, convincing argument, female gender, humberts, Jewish Journal, male sexual organ, orthodox rabbi, same sex marriage, sexual identity
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Shmuel Herzfeld – A Gay-Friendly Orthodox Rabbi
James Kirchick writes: Unlike most Orthodox synagogues, some of those congregants at Ohev Sholom are gay and don’t feel pressured into keeping that fact a secret with their rabbi or fellow worshipers. This is of course in large part attributable … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Personal, R. Shmuel Herzfeld
Tagged fellow worshipers, herzfeld, orthodox rabbi, orthodox synagogues, rabbinical scholar, same sex attraction
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Embrace Your Bad Self
Friends of mine are obsessed about bad things — many of them true — said about them on the internet. This is totally understandable. Reading bad things about yourself, especially when true, feel like a knife ripping through your abdomen. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Personal
Tagged abdomen, felony conviction, obsessing, orthodox rabbi, social networking
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Remembering Slain Israeli Gays
Is there any hip ethical movement in Modern Orthdooxy that Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld is not a leader of? JTA reports: WASHINGTON (JTA) — An Orthodox rabbi spoke out against anti-gay rhetoric in the Orthodox community at a Washington vigil mourning … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Israel, Orthodoxy, R. Shmuel Herzfeld, Rabbis
Tagged candlelight vigil, gays and lesbians, internal accounting, orthodox rabbi, rabbi shmuel, two jews
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Using Torah For Secular Songs
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: The Forward has an article about a recent trend of mainstream Israeli singers using passages from the Bible and other religious texts in songs (link). While it is not clear to me how much of … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Music, Torah
Tagged gil student, jewish tradition, orthodox rabbi, religious texts, sacred verses, sarit hadad, secular songs, shma yisrael, youtube
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