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Why Are So Many Gays And Jewish Women Telling Us How Proud And Confident They Feel In Their Sexuality?
I’ve never heard a heterosexual man say how proud and confident he is in his sexuality. I’ve never heard a white man say how proud he is to be white. These public pronouncements are extreme over-compensation for the shame much … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Sex
Tagged arfa, cheap booze, heterosexual man, hidden face, observant jews, public pronouncements
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Thrashing Out Your Fantasies With Doreen Seidler-Feller
Here are my favorite sections of the Jewish Journal report on LimmudLA: …for three days and nights of Jews doing Jewish right. …But more than what you learn, LimmudLA is about with whom you learn: It offers a chance for … Continue reading
Posted in Danielle Berrin, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Limmud
Tagged intimate questions, jewish meditation, king solomon, observant jews, open dialogue, sexual repression
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Making ‘Em Squirm With The Big Shabbos Shuva Drasha
David Suissa writes: There are many unique quirks in the Orthodox tradition, but few that I love more than the late-afternoon sermon on Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Here in Pico-Robertson, it’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Pico/Robertson
Tagged day of atonement, drasha, morning prayer service, observant jews, rosh hashanah and yom kippur, shabbat shuva
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Fighting Child Protective Services
I found this new site fightcps.com and this post: Motzei Shabbos, September 13, 2008 Summary: I am Aviva Yehudit Bat Ya’akov, daughter of a Polish holocaust survivor. Despite financial and health challenges, I have raised my only child as a … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, CPS
Tagged holocaust survivor, jewish family services, jewish sabbath, ms alexander, observant jews, polish holocaust
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Ecstatic Jews, a messiah proclaimed, and the consequential divisions
From the Village Voice: Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the night. But you should see his ride. When he’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged chabad lubavitch, jewish texts, king messiah, observant jews, oy vey, yellow flags
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You Connect The Dots
Jameel writes: 1. Terror attack in Yeshiva Merkaz Harav — who killed the terrorist? IDF officer on leave, David Shapira. 2. Bulldozer attack in Jaffa St, Jerusalem — who killed the terrorist? IDF soldier on leave, "M" (he has requested … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged abiding citizens, eretz yisrael, jaffa st, king david hotel, observant jews, religious jews
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Once Again, The LA Times Schedules Its Book Festival For Passover
Once again, observant Jews won’t be able to attend. As Michael Sonnenschein remarked a few years ago, "Jews don’t read books anyway." Festival website. I’m not bitter. I’ve got guns and religion.
Posted in Los Angeles Times
Tagged la times, michael sonnenschein, observant jews, Passover, quot
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Only Jews Who Don’t Know Who They Are Want To Build Bridges To The Black Community
If you are leading an observant Jewish life, you don’t have time to build bridges to other communities. How can you eat with them? You can only do it in a kosher restaurant. You can’t eat on their turf. Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged black mayor, close relationships, commonalities, distinct culture, fantasy world, flare ups, gentile, greenberg, jewish coalition, jewish community, jewish federation of greater los angeles, jewish law, jewish life, jewish tradition, kosher restaurant, majority culture, observant jews, orthodox jews, religious communities, tom bradley
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