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Tag Archives: fellow jew
Jews On Welfare
In a 2010 lecture on Leviticus 25, Dennis Prager said: Jews feeling responsibility for a fellow Jew has carried on to the modern era. For a Jew to go on welfare, even during the depression, was unheard of. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Jews
Tagged communist manifesto, conservative group, Dennis Prager, fellow jew, fellow jews, free loan, mexican villages, welfare program
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Jewish Manners
I just put “Jewish manners” into Google and expected no results. I’ll never forget the shock of my first visit to a synagogue. Most of the people there were so short and ugly. They looked like they had just stepped … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews
Tagged conversion class, Dennis Prager, fellow jew, jewish couple, jewish guy, living in the ghetto, orthodox shul
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Sex Under False Pretenses
Here’s a hilarious story from Israel: “A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape by deception after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be a fellow Jew.” Oy, what will the goyim think? Oy, did … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Sex
Tagged false pretenses, fellow jew, luke ford, moslem women, orthodox conversion, orthodox jew, orthodox shul, rape by deception
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Meir Kin Responds To Rabbinic Contempt Order
Meir Kin reponds to this: Dear Community: It is with a heavy heart that we stand today before Tisha B’Av and yet have not learned the lessons of the past. The Bais Hamikdosh was destroyed because of baseless hatred coupled … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, Hershel Schachter, Meir Kin, RCC
Tagged dear community, divorce case, fellow jew, heavy heart, rabbinical council of california, scribd
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Lonely Man Of Faith
I’m every bit as lonely in my faith as the Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik but at least I don’t go around developing fancy philosophical systems based on my dysfunction. I’ve done some bad things in my life. I even directed … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Personal, R. J. B. Soloveitchik
Tagged fellow jew, intellectual circles, intellectual masturbation, man of faith, Modern Orthodox, traditional jewish life
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Surprised By Joy
Something happened to me this evening that hasn’t hit me in months — I wanted to go to shul. Around 7pm, my feet got itchy and I put on my suit and I walked half an hour and I said … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged fellow jew, half an hour, hasn, parsha, torah portion
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I Despise Rabbis Who Demand To Be Flattered
I know rabbis who are all over-joyed by the sincerity of the goyim they are converting to the one true faith. What gets me is that these rabbis actually believe what these potential converts tell them about their motives for … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged actions speak louder than words, fellow jew, flail, goyim, louder than words, pieties, shul, true faith
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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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Orthodox Girls Gone Wild – Hitting Hollywood Saturday Night For A Birthday Party
I wake up Saturday morning with a tickle in my throat. What’s she doing here? I contemplate skipping motzei Shabbat karaoke but don’t want to leave the boyfriend in the lurch. Poor man. Without me, he’d be stuck in a … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged anne lamott, bachelorette party, book bird, chastity, fellow jew, gentle curves, girls dance, head in my hands, innocent wonder, jezebel, karaoke room, kosher sushi, lurch, motzei shabbat, nice girl, no inhibitions, nymphomaniacs, orthodox jews, Orthodoxy, paperman, poor man, quot quot, revealing tops, seventh day adventists, shabbat, sweet agony, tight jeans
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Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein Says We Shouldn’t Read Blogs That Traffic In Personal Destruction
Every time I see Rav Adlerstein, I am mortified because 16 years ago I was writing him heartfelt letters about how I wanted to live for God. Now look at me. I snuck into Helkeinu Wednesday night and taped Rabbi … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Blogging, Orthodoxy, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein, Rabbis
Tagged code of jewish law, fellow jew, halachah, jewish authorities, public menace, rsquo
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