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Tag Archives: hellip
Letting Go Is The Only Option
Suppose this girl you’re dating wants to go have drinks with a friend. What should you do? Say it is him or me, baby? No. That makes you look like a shmuck. You have to let her go. From PUATraining.com: … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged exciting place, game plan, hellip, perfect girl, rsquo, shmuck
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I Love JTA
JTA president Elisa Spungen Bildner, who I am sure earns many times what I do, emails me for money: It is how we hand down our culture to the generations. Next week we will gather with family and friends to … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journalism, Journalism, JTA
Tagged bildner, economic downturn, hellip, madoff, netanyahu, obama
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A Bit Portly
A friend from childhood emails: Luke you probably don’t remember me, but I can still picture you running down the road exercising in Angwin. You were just a boy maybe around 13 or 14. I remember you giving me advice … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bad apple, confusing days, hellip, homei, orthdox, running down the road
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Since when is rodent infestation kosher?
Ellia Kassoff (CEO of Strategic Software Resources, Inc.) emails: It’s upsetting that we can’t have decent clean, kosher at decent prices and great service. By the way, have you noticed that Chick-n-Chow has had a “B” rating from the health … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Pico/Robertson
Tagged decent prices, health violations, hellip, rodent infestation, software resources inc
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Married Women Should Take On Their Husband’s Last Name
I would not marry a woman who wouldn’t drop her maiden name and take on my last name (I’m aping something said by Dennis Prager). From YNET News: Married women should give up their maiden name, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Feminism
Tagged Dennis Prager, hellip, independent entity, permissiveness, whole home, yona metzger
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European Rabbis Void Conversions Done By Rabbi Haim Druckman
Gadi emails: "Dude: It’s lucky that you are not really Jewish, because by the time the Talibanut would be finished with you, you wouldn’t even be able to be classifed as dead. See today’s papers, or failed messiah if your … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged cast doubt, chief rabbinate, classifed, commu, concession, conversions, FailedMessiah, gadi, hellip, israeli rabbis, jerusalem post, kosher butcher, messiah, quorum, quot, rabbi moshe, rabbinical court, ritual bath, state conversion, telephone interview
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Bring Out The Tam Tams
Oy, those crazy Jews! The New York Times reports: What will you do in the great Tam Tam shortage of 2008? It’s true, the unleavened, bite-sized matzo cracker has nearly disappeared from shelves across the country, leaving Jews anguished as … Continue reading
Posted in Passover
Tagged anguish, company officials, cracker, domestic beer, hellip, jewish news, mdash, metropolitan chicago, mr rossi, New York Times, news site, Passover, passover season, schechter day school, season approaches, shelves, solomon schechter day school, sundown, tam tam, york times reports
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged adelman, adelmans, arei, car crash, central jerusalem, chest wounds, devorah, haaretz, halevi, Hancock Park, har, hatzolah, head wounds, hellip, Jewish Journal, jewish mother, kosher market, levenberg, magen david, magen david adom, mashiach ben david, massive injuries, mercaz harav, mother daughter, motzei shabbat, narkis, neveh, old mother, rabbi yisroel, seat belts, sitting in the back seat, tragic losses, tragic scene, uzi, uzi narkiss, vista ave, yerushalayim, zeev
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