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Mass Firings At Shalhevet, Small Incoming Freshman Class
Beatrice Levavi the registrar is going. The incoming freshman class is only 25 students. Shalhevet sought at least 60. Also Debbie Reisman is going, Jerry’s assistant, and some others. Against the rumors, the drama program at Shalhevet will continue with … Continue reading
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Tagged beatrice, brain, drama program, emily chase, health insurance, hs class, incoming freshman class, Insurance, mass firings, moral leader, painting, part time, reisman, rsquo, tutor
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‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’
The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged 300s, bad character, coward, enemies, excuse, girlfriend, girlfriends, girls, Google, Journey, literary men, mdash, nemeses, new novel, New York Times, rsquo, senses, shallowness, talia, young man
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A Jew Looks At Sex In Beijing
The New York Times blogs: Someone named Anna Sophie Loewenberg, a onetime editor at Beijing Scene, has managed to flounce her way into China and join its social ranks as a Mandarin-fluent, boy-crazy and only slightly alienated Beijinger. (She’s from … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic monthly, beijing scene, blogs, broadband channel, carrie bradshaw, China, jewish family, jewish sex, mainstream attention, mandarin, New York Times, pbs, rsquo, sex in beijing, shanghai, sheer number, social ranks, sophie
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Saving Isaac Hersh?
Save Isaac emails: Here is a letter publicized by Michael Hersh. The lines that start with FACT – are the counter claims to his propaganda. It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 minutes, allegations, independent evaluation, intention, Israel, jamaica, meir, mental health professionals, parents, period of time, propaganda, psychiatric history, rsquo, s david, sequence of events, short period, tranquility bay, Truth, twin brother, Yeshiva University
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Tranquility Bay II
Michael Hersh writes (and some of his email was edited into third person before it got to me): It is also EXTREMELY important to let everyone know the sequence of events PRIOR to [Yeshiva University’s David] Pelcovitz interviewing my son … Continue reading
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Tagged England, independent evaluation, intention, Israel, jamaica, meir, mental health professionals, nbsp, objective report, parents, psychiatric history, rsquo, sequence of events, tranquility bay, Truth, twin brother, us embassy
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Orthodox Parents Accused Of Abuse
Here are a collection of articles on this story. Says a source: "The case of Isaac Hersh needs to be in the news media until he is allowed to be free of Brooklyn. I believe he wants to be in … Continue reading
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Was There A Nazi Theme In Grand Prix Boss’s Orgy?
If so, is that a more serious sin than the orgy with five women? What would the Torah say? What would Jesus do? What does this mean for the Jews? John Burns reports: LONDON — Few scandals in recent years … Continue reading
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Tagged chelsea district, chief joseph, counting in german, diana mitford, fascist leader, formula one racing, funf, international governing body, john burns, joseph goebbels, licentiousness, max mosley, mdash, nazi propaganda, nazi theme, news of the world, rsquo, secret wedding, sir oswald mosley, society beauty
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Investigating Sex Research
The New York Times reports: BONK The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex By Mary Roach Illustrated. 319 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $24.95. Related ‘Bonk,’ by Mary Roach: Sexual Advances (March 30, 2008) Janet Maslin writes: Readers of Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged amp company, clinical interest, guinea pig, introductory chapter, investigating sex, janet maslin, mary roach, moonlights, proclivities, rhetorical question, rsquo, sex research, sex researchers, sexual advances, sicko, stage of life, vaginal fluids, wisecrack, word title, york times reports
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YU’s Rosh Yeshiva Jokes About Shooting Israel’s Prime Minister If He Withdraws From Jerusalem
Nat Barnat writes on Jewschool: Last Wednesday, Rabbi Herschel Schachter, a Rosh Yeshiva at YU, was giving a class to young Americans at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem. At some point, the class was opened up to questions, and in response … Continue reading
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Tagged advocates, apology, demands respect, fairness, hakotel, herschel, incitement, Jerusalem, jewish law, jewish week, kicker, law demands, mouths, prime minister, rabbi, rosh yeshiva, rsquo, state of israel, young americans, youtube video
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