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Tag Archives: intention
Danielle Berrin Talks About Hard-Hitting Jewish Journalism III
I am a bad man who had no intention of driving to the Valley tonight for a "Taste of Limmud" until I found out that Danielle Berrin was going to lecture on Jewish Journalism:
Posted in Danielle Berrin, Personal
Tagged bad man, intention, Jewish Journalism
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Stop The Hymen Holocaust!
It’s my favorite name for a punk rock band. They are pretty hardcore. Check them out on YouTube. Here’s their myspace and website. These guys will be my Air Supply for the new millenia. I am disturbed, however, by this … Continue reading
Posted in Hymen Holocaust, Music
Tagged Anti-Semitism, Australia, blood feast, cam chat, cliteater, debut album, Dennis Prager, ethical monotheism, extreme interest, gore, hard rock, Holocaust, hymen, intention, love ballads, lyrics, millenia, myspace, nbsp, punk rock band, punt, pupil, quot, rock scorpions, scorpions, short time
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Orthodox Judaism’s Conversion Controversy
To quote Toby Katz, commenting on Cross-Currents: The RCA is upset because so many RCA rabbis have done conversions that they never should have done — converting women who had no intention of ever keeping mitzvos, just so they could … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged contrary, conversion controversy, conversion to judaism, conversions, converts, converts to judaism, cross currents, fallout, friendship, halachic, i don t care, intention, jewish men, jewish women, Jews, judgments, katz, million things, nuts, orthodox judaism, personal tragedies, press release, quotes, Rabbis, RCA, religious life, shortcomings, streams, taking sides, Truth
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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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