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Tag Archives: orthodox rabbi
Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue
Lulu emails: Yo! I gave you that term “Torah Hour of Power!” Where’s my credit? Dude. You so love to take credit from people, post without asking…etc. I don’t care where you get the stuff from. It’s your arrangement of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Dennis Prager, hour of power, i don t care, orthodox rabbi, rabbs, tzadik
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A Convert’s Sad Story
Anonymous writes: I am a convert. There can be no question that I am halakhically Jewish, at least if you trust the Lubavitchers to know halakha. I am writing to protest the downright shameful treatment of converts by the Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Haredi
Tagged conservative rabbi, converting to judaism, first five books, orthodox jews, orthodox rabbi, shameful treatment
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Rent Control
In his fifth lecture on Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin (the leading posek in America during the 1940s and 1950s) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: You get a sense that Rav Henkin has a very liberal sense. … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, R. J. E. Henkin
Tagged fifth lecture, liberal sense, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox rabbi, rabbi joseph, torah in motion
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Orthodox Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky Attacks Bloggers
Here’s the controversy. Rabbi Shimon Kurland writes: Thank you for your email regarding Rabbi Orlofsky. The clip you heard on the internet was from a shiur Rabbi Orlofsky gave over five years ago to a group of Kollel students in … Continue reading
Posted in R. Dovid Orlofsky
Tagged initial shock, orlofsky, orthodox rabbi, rabbi dovid, rabbi shimon, weinreb
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Kissing Rabbi Marc Schneier Headed For Fourth Divorce
The New York Daily News publishes this shocking photo of Orthodox rabbi Marc Schneier kissing another woman in Israel. His spurned wife has filed for divorce. Unlike the New York Daily News, I have done substantial research on stunning speech … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, R. Marc Schneier
Tagged manhattan court, orthodox rabbi, photographic proof, speech pathologist, stunning speech, susan bender
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An Orthodox Rabbi Cheers The Overturning Of Prop 8
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky was the only Orthodox rabbi in California, to the best of my knowledge, who went public with his opposition to Prop 8. I don’t agree with the rabbi on this but he argues his case well in … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, rabbi yosef, religious connotation
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The Jewish Inquisition
On Torah Talk at 7pm PST Monday, Rabbi Rabbs and I will discuss controversial Orthodox rabbis on the left: Chaim Seidler-Feller, Avi Weiss, Yitz Greenberg, Joseph Telushkin and Yosef Kanefsky. For too long, the rabbis have judged me. Now I … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal, R. Rabbs
Tagged Conservative Judaism, journalistic perspective, orthodox rabbi, petty grievances, rabbi avi weiss, religious denominations
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Rahm Emanuel’s Orthodox Rabbi Does NOT Condemn Clinton-Mezvinsky Intermarriage
Rob Eshman emails: In an under-the-radar but utterly groundbreaking post at the blog “Morethodoxy,” Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the Orthodox leader of Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago– which White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel attends– … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged marc mezvinsky, nai israel, orthodox rabbi, orthodox synagogue, Rahm Emanuel, reform rabbi
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Orthodox Rabbi Murdered In Hollywood
The Jewish Journal reports: Mordechai Bayer, a 50-year-old Los Angeles-based commercial property manager, was shot and killed on Monday, July 19. At just after noon, Bayer was believed to be attempting to collect rent money from a tenant, Sung Chul … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged angeles police department, lieutenant bob, murder suicide, orthodox rabbi, t shirt store, west sunset boulevard
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