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Tag Archives: Modern Orthodox
Very Religious
Whenever Jews tell me they were raised “very religious”, I know that they were not raised Orthodox. They were raised in some watered-down form of Judaism whose minimal demands struck them as “very religious.” Whenever Jews tell me they are … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged jewish lives, minimal demands, Modern Orthodox, orthodox jews, orthodox rabbi, shafner
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Cheating The Goyim
In my limited experience, most right-wing Orthodox rabbis permit cheating on taxes and other cheating of the goyim. Most Modern Orthodox rabbis I know forbid this behavior. A friend of mine recently wanted to pay cash to have his car … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy
Tagged goyim, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbi, wine industry
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The Top Five Mizrachi Rabbis In Israel
What is Mizrachi? It is religious Zionism. Rav Mordecai Eliyahu would have to be number one. Then Haim Drukman, Yaakov Ariel, Aharon Lichtenstein, She’ar Yashuv Cohen (the Rav of Haifa and the son of the Nazir of Jerusalem David Cohen), … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged aharon lichtenstein, eliyahu, high school students, israel god, jerusalem post, marriage registration, matthew wagner, mizrachi, Modern Orthodox, mordecai, nazir, rabbinic ordination, Rabbis, yeshivot
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Bake A Cake
"When’s your next appointment?" she asked. "Tomorrow afternoon," I said. "Do you want to bring him something?" "No." "I want to bake him a kosher bunt cake." "No. Nothing you can make is kosher." "You could oversee it." "No." "You … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged appointment, bake a cake, bunt cake, egg, Kashrut, Modern Orthodox, mullah, orthodox muslim, polite society, Predators, quot quot, smart man, tomorrow afternoon, torture
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You Are Not Jewish
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council writes: Luke: While you waste your time writing nonsense because of a lack of knowledge of what is really going on in Judaism, let me inform you of two major historic … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged advocacy council, akiva, chief rabbi, conversions, cowards, english translations, fathers rights, Judaism, lack of knowledge, metropolitan tel aviv, Modern Orthodox, orthodox rabbis, pretense, pulpit, rabbinate, RCC, rishon lezion, rude awakening, scandelous, sermons
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I’m Live On My Cam!
Click here to join the fun. guest112: All of these old stereotypes are increasingly meaningless in an Islamic Europe guest112: France, Londonistan…..a total disaster for our side of things Emma: Luke play some Libera guest112: And the House of Saud … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged alrighty, burkas, chadors, deportation, Emma, europeans, farewell, ginger, Holly Randall, homelands, house of saud, jewish women, Jews, lol, Modern Orthodox, muslims, nuns, orthodox jew, stereotypes, welshdragon
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Aish Ha Torah Los Angeles – So Successful No One Goes There Anymore
I was chatting with a friend and asking him about Aish. "I don’t know," he said. "I don’t know anyone who goes there. Nobody does. They shut themselves off from the rest of the community. It’s a weird culty place." … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Anshe Emes
Tagged aish, emes, friday nights, Jews, Love, Modern Orthodox, money, passion, quot, rasha, righteous man, shul, Torah
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Was The Rav Modern Orthodox?
Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Since I mentioned some stories from Halakhic Man that show that the Rav did not have a Modern Orthodox ethos, I will also say something about the following story, which some have wondered about. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged adherent, Christianity, elitism, hasidism, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, nbsp, notion, nots, prayers, psalm book, renown, rsquo, saints, seforim, Synagogue, talmud, torah study, traditional judaism, younger generation
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Re: Rav Daniel Arnall, Rav Abner Weiss
Gadi Shapiro ([email protected]) emails from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council about this post: Rav Daniel Arnall is not only one of the brightest intellectual rabbinic lights among the modern orthodox in LA (whenever I needed to borrow a copy … Continue reading
Posted in Abner Weiss, Daniel Arnall
Tagged Abner Weiss, advocacy council, american population, arnall, arnell, Beth Jacob, fathers rights, gadi, gmail, halachic decisions, ifrac, intelligent approach, last decade, Modern Orthodox, modernity, public apology, rav, RCC, rich elite, YICC
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What Is Marc B. Shapiro’s Ideology?
He says he’s Modern Orthodox and he seems to me to be Modern Orthodox. And I guess that’s the answer to the question in my headline. I asked Marc about his ideology Saturday night and he essentially said he was … Continue reading →