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Is Bnai David-Judea Isolated?
It’s on the most modern (left-wing a la R. Avi Weiss) wing of Orthodox Judaism. It led the way with women’s prayer groups and showing the documentary Trembling Before God. It had a woman (Reb Mimi Feigelson) lead kiddish for … Continue reading
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Tagged growth curve, head rabbi, orthodox judaism, orthodox synagogue, rabbi yosef, trembling before god
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Skeptic Magazine Says Denial Of Evolution Is Characteristic Of Orthodox Education
I dated a girl who graduated from Ramaz. Now 40, bisexual, and never married, she loathed Orthodox Judaism. I asked her why. She said because it was aesthetically ugly, that Orthodox Jews smell bad (particularly on holy days when they … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Evolution, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged central tenets, college science courses, orthodox jewish students, orthodox judaism, rabbinical authorities, ultra orthodox jews
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Young Israel Has To Go?
A college student, Rebecca Blady, blogs: I’ve been thinking a lot about the impending schism in Orthodox Judaism in America. I’ll be perfectly honest and tell you flat out I’m pro-schism: Whether the moguls of the Orthodox world like it … Continue reading
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Tagged feature article from, judaism in america, member synagogues, national council of young israel, normative judaism, orthodox judaism
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Where The Girls At?
I primarily go to yoga for the awesome spiritual insights but many of my less enlightened male friends go for the girls. So which kundalini yoga studio has the hottest chicks wearing the tightest outfits? Golden Bridge by far over … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, JConnect LA, Yoga
Tagged chicks, golden bridge, high school graduates, jewish populations, male friends, observant jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox synagogue, spiritual insights, yoga studio
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Racism In Orthodox Judaism
Aliza Hausman, a Dominican convert to Orthodox Judaism, writes for the Jewish Journal: My husband and I started speaking out about racism in the Jewish community when a friend asked us to speak at a synagogue in Washington Heights, in … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Blogging, Jews, Orthodoxy, Politics, Race
Tagged african roots, harvard professor, head scarf, orthodox judaism, real estate broker, shabbos table
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