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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
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- What is a ‘Received Idea’?
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- Marine Le Pen
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- Nigel Farage
- Bernard Haykel: A Life Between the Text and the Gun
- Walker Connor (1926-2017)
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- Anthony D. Smith: The Student Who Kept the Question and Rejected the Answer
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- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
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- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
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* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
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Tag Archives: shuls
Where The Hell Is Levi?
I’m working on an interpretative Aboriginal dance. I’m gonna perform it in front of the five shuls that expelled me. I want to take my raw emotions and transform them into art that inspires people to follow the Torah! Blow … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged aboriginal dance, didgiridoo, raw emotions, shuls, white girls
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Luke Ford Go Away!
I keep seeing this sign on shuls throughout Pico-Robertson: Chaim Amalek emails: "Luke, be a man and walk out of that temple on your own accord. I’m sure the Gay Minyan will accept you just the way you are." Khunrum … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged amalek, ford, luke ford, minyan, own accord, shuls
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Do Not Call Yourself A Journalist, Bitch!
Jim Jones emails: "Your attacks on Rabbi Weiss would be laughable if they didn’t have the potential to do so much harm to the man. Your IM conversation with "Joe" illustrates your flawed reasoning and complete lack of journalistic skills … Continue reading
Posted in Abner Weiss
Tagged jim jones, journalistic skills, libel suit, rabbi weiss, shuls
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Jewish Action Magazine On The Rabbinic Model
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The latest issue of Jewish Action has a fascinating interview with seven veteran Orthodox rabbis on a variety of interesting topics. One issue discussed was the shtiebelization of Orthodoxy, i.e. the breaking up into small, relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged eretz yisrael, gil student, jewish action, jewish society, orthodox rabbis, shuls
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Raunchy Writers
I get in constant trouble from rabbis and other religious Jews for raunchy writing. I’ve been kicked out of four shuls for this sin. How come these same shuls celebrate screenwriters who write R-rated Hollywood movies filled with sex, nudity, and profanity … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged countless honors, r rated movies, religious jews, sex nudity, shuls, welcome screenwriters
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Jewish Briefs
Joe emails: An offer was made to mediate the Biston-Weil dispute before a beit din and that fell through. It is now scheduled for trial in September. Pacific Jewish Center in Venice is looking for a part time rabbi – … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Orthodoxy
Tagged biston, boruch, Chabad, cunin, downstairs, intellectual superiority, jewish center, minyan, north hollywood, pulpit, rabbi, Roland Arnall, school tuition, seams, Shaarey Zedek, shabbos, sherman oaks, shul, shuls, underground parking
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My Crucifixion & Resurrection
Tearing down the temple. Throwing out the money changers. Flipping off the beit din! Justification by faith! Sanctification! The Heavenly Sanctuary! Judging the saints! Look at my erection! I can’t be more specific. I know you want the goss, but … Continue reading
Posted in Passover, Personal
Tagged aaron wildavsky, american judaism, beard, canaan, chat room, cheap grace, close friends, davening, Emma, emotions, hartman, holy days, hovel, job, loser, minyan, mommy, money, origins of judaism, Passover, perverts, rabbi arthur, religious community, rise of islam, sephardi, shmura matza, shul, shuls, tradition, weirdos
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Things You Learn In Chat
People from shuls I attend have been coming into my chat room. They know me but I don’t know them. "Doesn’t that drive you crazy?" asked one. "I know who you are but you don’t know who I am." "That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged blog, chat room, conversations, Gossip, heaven, nuclear bomb, privilege, rabbi joseph telushkin, sake, sensitive side, shalom bayit, shul, shuls, tension, torah class
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