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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
Posted in Ads, Education
Tagged brother steve, free libraries, quality curricula, rsquo, time knowledge, tuesday morning
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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
Posted in Dennis Prager, Israel
Tagged burden of proof, iranian leaders, israel attacking iran, jew hatred, nazi regime, rsquo
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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
Posted in Conversion
Tagged controversial cases, conversion controversy, female offspring, rsquo, yeshiva student, yeshivot
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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
Posted in Conversion, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged conversion controversy, gerus, rabbinate, religious forces, rsquo, texas chainsaw massacre
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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 I also published (content later withdrawn from my blog) excerpts from an email alleging Ventimiglia to be a horrible person.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
Posted in Elie Krich
Tagged civil suits, horrible person, personal goals, rochelle krich, rsquo, son marc, ventimiglia
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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
Posted in Jewish Channel
Tagged converting to judaism, leon uris, Matisyahu, orthodox judaism, rsquo, suburban philadelphia
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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
Posted in Economics
Tagged adsense google, advertising system, economic slowdown, money machine, mr fox, rsquo
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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
Posted in Israel
Tagged ariel sharon, caroline glick, disengagement, fatah, grievances, haaretz, hamas and fatah, israeli civilians, israeli policy, judea and samaria, mortar shells, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, pretext, prime minister ariel sharon, progeny, religious zionism, rsquo, subtext, withdrawal from gaza, zionists
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