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MINDsprinting Interview

I talked by phone Tuesday morning with Doug Golden, who co-founded MINDsprinting.com with his brother Steve. Luke: "How did you get involved in this?" Doug: "I was an attorney for 25 years. My brother [Steve] founded an internet company that … Continue reading

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Will Israel Attack Iran?

By Dennis Prager It is difficult to imagine Israel attacking Iran. It is, however, more difficult to imagine Israel not attacking Iran. Consider three questions: First, does Iran mean what it says about destroying Israel? When its leaders repeatedly call … Continue reading

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Shalom Auslander And Abraham’s Call

From Nextbook: I am in Chicago, at the Hopleaf Bar on North Clark Street, one of the last stops on the U.S. portion of my book tour. What happens as I am on my way out of the bar has … Continue reading

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Frightened By The Conversion Controversy

Frightened posts to Cross-Currents: Again, there is an issue in that the court abolished ALL of the giyur done by R. Druckman and R. Avi-Or. The apologeticists and attackers keep framing this debate in terms of extremes, in which a … Continue reading

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The Conversion Controversy

Rav Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: Several weeks into the current conversion fracas, and I have participated in a webcam debate, read two of Rabbi Sherman’s piskei din, plus teshuvos both modern and pre-modern, several articles in Techumin, a few chapters of … Continue reading

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After Being Sued By Rochelle Krich’s Son Elie For Harassment, Marc J. Ventimiglia Tries To Clear His Name

I reported May 6 about the lawsuit by Elie Krich and some minor Krichs. I also published (content later withdrawn from my blog) excerpts from an email alleging Ventimiglia to be a horrible person. Today Marc J. (a production manager) … Continue reading

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Circumsize Me: The Comedy Of Yisrael Campbell

I knew this guy at Ohr HaTorah and saw him again at LimmudLA in February. From The Jewish Channel: Have you heard the one about the son of an ex-nun who moves to Israel, grows side curls, starts wearing ultra-Orthodox … Continue reading

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Adsense – Google’s Money Machine

Here’s my interview with one of the founders of Adsense — Eytan Elbaz. Here’s today’s New York Times: “You can see very, very quickly if anything is amiss,” said Mr. Fox, director of business product management at Google. Mr. Fox … Continue reading

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Jewish News Roundup

From the Forward: WHERE’S THE PLAN ON IRAN?: New Jersey Jewish News editor Andrew Silow-Carroll suspects that neither Obama nor McCain “has a clue about what to do about Iran.” TRIBE IN TAIWAN: The Baltimore Jewish Times visits with Taiwan’s … Continue reading

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Two Assaults On Religious Zionism

Caroline Glick writes:   Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military … Continue reading

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