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Reforming Orthodox Judaism

Joe emails: 1. No second day of Yom Tov. 2. Davening should be shortened to just the shema, the shemonah esreh and the psalm of the day. The rest of the time alloted should be for communal and interactive torah … Continue reading

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I’m Entering A Blogger Treatment Center

Only now can the full story be told. Just before Rosh Hashanah, I drank too much manishevitz and outed some 18-year old seminarian blogger. Then I went to the Crowne Plaza on Pico and Beverwil and got into a fight … Continue reading

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‘The Last Wave’ (1977)

I never got tribal stuff until I got into Orthodox Judaism. Living in the frum world, I understand what it means to belong to a counter-culture, to a group with an unpopular way of looking at important matters such as … Continue reading

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Can You Convert Yourself To Orthodox Judaism?

Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: :I refer to the Meiri’s position that be-diavad one can convert without a beit din. That is, following circumcision one can then accept the Torah and immerse all by oneself, and ex post facto it … Continue reading

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The Lenient Approach To Conversion To Orthodox Judaism

Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: In fact, throughout most of Jewish history a lenient approach to conversion was the mainstream approach. Now it is true that R. Herzog famously states that in earlier times one could be more lenient than … Continue reading

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