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Tag Archives: orthodox judaism
Educating Converts To Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: They have to understand that a community that strives for closeness and closed-ness, a tight-knit society that builds a wall to the secular world (of varying heights, depending on each community), will present obstacles to joining. … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy
Tagged alei teshuvah, foreign accents, gil student, jewish geography, orthodox judaism, rude questions
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Converting To Orthodox Judaism Is Hard
How come a lot of people — maybe most people — don’t find converting to Orthodox Judaism more difficult than getting an AA degree from a community college? I think it depends a lot on a person’s temperament. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy
Tagged aa degree, cheeseburger, kicker, orthodox judaism, shabbos
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Learning The Social Mores Of Orthodox Judaism
Heshy Fried writes: When I lived in Dallas, the kiruv folk over there had the social process down pat, this was because they had no competition and most of the people becoming frum would probably never live anywhere else and … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged black hats, heshy, mini skirt, orthodox judaism, period sex, social mores
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Hysteria On Left About Peter King Hearings On Radical Islam In America
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “There’s nothing anti-Muslim about it. A lot of Muslims have said it is a good opportunity to clear the air. That’s what America is about — clearing the air. “The Left is … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Islam
Tagged Dennis Prager, islam in america, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, peter king, radical islam
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Dancing With The Rabbis
Oh man, I want to go to this so bad. Who wants to buy me a ticket? Mixed-dancing is one of the big no-nos of Orthodox Judaism, but not of Conservative Judaism as this email from AJU (the West Coast … Continue reading
Posted in AJU
Tagged bradley shavit artson, Conservative Judaism, karina smirnoff, louis van amstel, orthodox judaism, rabbi elliot dorff
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Heshy Fried Motzi Shabbos!
Heshy Fried, the author of the blog FrumSatire.net, is my guest on my live cam Saturday night. Here’s the video of the interview I did with Mr. Fried last year. Heshy introduced me to Rabbi Rabbs! Heshy uses the word … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Heshy Fried, Personal
Tagged frumsatire, heshy, jewish celebrations, kosher pizza, orthodox judaism, reuven blau
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Is A Jew Permitted To Wish A Goy “Merry Christmas”?
I’ve always wished the goyim a “Merry Christmas” because that’s just the kind of guy that I am — always full of good cheer and bonhomie. Today, I was in shul and I was about to wish the Mexicans cleaning … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Orthodoxy
Tagged baby jesus, cheter, good cheer, judeo christian ethics, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, religious festival, religious truth
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Does Orthodox Judaism Subjugate Women?
Tamara is a 20-something third year law student. She writes a dating blog for the Jewish Journal called Tattletales. Watch our complete interview. Tamara went to Adat Ariel Conservative Jewish day school through sixth grade and graduated from Calabassas High … Continue reading
Posted in Tamara Shayne Kagel
Tagged jewish day school, Jewish Journal, orthodox judaism, orthodox men, undergraduate degrees
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The Force Field
He walked past Bnai David Thursday afternoon and saw a trash can with the sign, “Sponsored by Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky.” He stopped and stared. “What the hell?” he thought. “A trash can sponsored by a rabbi? Where’s the kavod of … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Personal, R. Elazar Muskin, R. Yosef Kanefsky, YICC
Tagged Dennis Prager, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbi, rabbi yosef, radical egalitarianism, trash cans
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