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Judged About Their Lack Of Jewishness
Non-Orthodox Jews frequently seem concerned that Orthodox Jews are judging them about their lack of Jewishness. On JewishJournal.com, Jason Lipeles writes: "Although he had a long beard, I wasn’t nervous or thinking that maybe he was judging my lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Judaism, Orthodoxy, Reform Judaism
Tagged beard, jewish identity, jewishjournal, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism
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Clean Cups, Dirty Hearts
A friend calls. "I saw a bunch of Orthodox Jews walking today. I said to my brother, ‘Clean cups, dirty hearts." Luke: "What does that mean?" Friend: "It means that their cups are clean because of Talmudic rule 1378 but … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged brazil, credit card debt, dirty hearts, orthodox jews, thousand dollars
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His Beef With Orthodoxy
Joe emails: I saw your story on shalhevet hiring vered hopenstand to teach hebrew and it reminded me of a funny story and an issue to raise. I was in a Hopenstand class in high school and she would talk … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged existence of god, hebrew speakers, holy texts, nobel laureate, orthodox jews, s y agnon
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The Rabbi Who Went To Church
Ari Goldman writes in The Jewish Week: What bothers me is how ready the Orthodox rabbinate, apparently frightened of its right-wing constituency, was to criticize one of its own. But there was also a matter of decency here. Couldn’t the … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged ari goldman, bona fides, democratic nomination, Jeremiah Wright, orthodox jews, persistent rumors
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