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Tag Archives: american jewry
The Guy Next To You In Shul May Well Be Homeless
Unable to pay the rent or to pay their mortgage, some Orthodox Jews I know in Pico-Robertson are homeless. They’re living out of their cars. They have access to somebody’s bathroom where they shower and relieve themselves and charge their … Continue reading
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Jewish News
From TorahMusings: ▪ Former FBI lawyer opposes Pollard release ▪ Results of Jewish non-profit copmensation survey ▪ New ‘liberal halachic’ rabbinical school taking shape in Toronto ▪ The ‘Real Jew’ Debate ▪ The truth about the wig couple ▪ SALT … Continue reading
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Why America Has No Chief Rabbi
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes: In my eleven years living in England I often observed, as did many others, that Anglo-Jewry lacked the vibrancy and innovation characteristic of American Judaism. The absence of an electrifying sense of Jewishness and communal dynamism … Continue reading
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Failed Messiah Profiled
Samuel G. Freedman writes in the New York Times: Leaders of the Chabad movement declined to speak on the record about Mr. Rosenberg, but in general, they say he has exaggerated the degree of messianism in the movement and that … Continue reading
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If You Want To Be Taken Seriously, Then You Must…
I find the "If you want to be taken seriously, then you must do X, Y, Z" rhetoric obnoxious. I don’t know how many people have asked me, "Do you want to be taken seriously? Do you want your blog … Continue reading
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