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Tag Archives: orthodox rabbis
Naked Sushi
I’ve been studying Torah with various Orthodox rabbis. I did some of that this afternoon. I love it but I also hate it because I can’t go out and do what I want as easily. It’s less and less fun … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged banana leaves, Christina DeRosa, fellow jew, naked sushi, orthodox rabbis, oy gevalt
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Judaism’s Conversion Controversy
A lot of people ask me for my opinion — as a convert to Judaism — on this controversy. I don’t have one. I accept reality. I’m not trying to change it (in this instance). Some Orthodox shuls count me … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged Conservative Judaism, conversions, converts, dins, jew, jewish history, jewish law, jewish values, loyal reader, meds, minyan, orthodox conversion, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, outrage, RCC, religious extremists, revocation, rsquo, torah laws
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Is Chabad A Personality Cult?
Chabad is so far out of the Jewish mainstream that most Orthodox rabbis don’t waste their ammunition attacking it, just as they don’t spend much time anymore attacking the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism. Here’s an exception.. From shmais.com: … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged ammunition, belsky, executive vice, hersh, Judaism, mainstream, news service, orthodox rabbis, personality cult, rabbi yisroel, rebbe, rosh yeshiva, streams, Torah, tzvi, vice president
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You Are Not Jewish
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council writes: Luke: While you waste your time writing nonsense because of a lack of knowledge of what is really going on in Judaism, let me inform you of two major historic … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged advocacy council, akiva, chief rabbi, conversions, cowards, english translations, fathers rights, Judaism, lack of knowledge, metropolitan tel aviv, Modern Orthodox, orthodox rabbis, pretense, pulpit, rabbinate, RCC, rishon lezion, rude awakening, scandelous, sermons
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Where Are The Charedim On Newsweek’s Most Influential Rabbis List?
All the orthodox rabbis are Modern Orthodox. Tarfon writes on Jewcy: There seems to be a substantial LA-centric bias to the "influential" list. In what sense is R’ Hier influential? Does anyone outside of LA know or care about the … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged AJU, artson, bias, incoming president, Jewcy, jewish university, national presence, national reputation, nbsp, newsweek, orthodox rabbis, ra, rabbinical school, skirball center, wexler, wohlberg
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What Is The West Coast Rabbinical Court?
I think it is for Sephardic Jews. It is run by Rabbi Gavriel Cohen whose claim to fame is his ability get divorces from men reluctant to give their wife a get (Jewish divorce) so she can remarry. I believe … Continue reading
Posted in Gavriel Cohen, RCC
Tagged cautious optimism, claim to fame, conservative leaders, euro trade, gavriel, jewish divorce, Jewish Journal, jewish nation, muskin, orthodox rabbis, rabbi cohen, rabbi elazar, rabbinate, rabbinical council of california, rabbinical court, reform rabbis, responsible approach, sephardic jews, uniter not a divider, Young Israel
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New Edition From Yeshiva University’s Newspaper
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Fascinating articles in a new issue of Kol Hamevaser (link): Was the Rav a Tsaddik? In Search of Modern Orthodox Saints by Noah Greenfield Shemittah: From the Theoretical to the Practical by Abby Atlas WikiTorah by … Continue reading
Posted in Yeshiva University
Tagged ancient universe, biblical criticism, gil student, globalizing world, hazal, kurin, leor, literary approach, madda, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbis, orthodox saints, rabbi michael, rabbinate, rabbinical courts, rosensweig, s vision, shalom carmy, talmud torah, Yeshiva University
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