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Tag Archives: jewish press
Single Parents Are Often Treated Like Outcasts In The Orthodox Community
Sara Soferet writes for The Jewish Press: When I moved onto the block not too many years ago, neighbors welcomed me. One brought over a cake, another came to visit Friday night, everyone was friendly and smiled, said hello on … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged eldest son, happy face, jewish press, orthodox community, single parents, sukkah
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The Rav Moshe Feinstein Foundation
Aron B. Tendler has helped establish the Rav Moshe Feinstein Foundation Inc., a nonprofit that will publish Rav Moshe‘s writings. Here’s some background on what Aron Tendler has been doing since 2006. The Jewish Press published Sep. 21, 2010: It … Continue reading
Posted in R. Moshe Feinstein
Tagged feinstein foundation, jewish press, rav moshe, seforim, torah scholarship, unpublished manuscripts
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Where Have Our Manners Gone?
I’m appalled as I walk down Pico Blvd beside Glatt Matt and its dirty competitor at how many Jews park in traffic and run in to the store to get something, oblivious to the cars piling up behind them. I … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged cold hand, hand of truth, jewish press, pico blvd, shopping bags, young wives
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A Dominican-American Convert To Orthodox Judaism
From The Jewish Press: Why did you start blogging? I started the conversion process; I was 25 years old. Every Shabbat meal, someone would ask me, “Why are you in the conversion process?” One of my friends, Drew Kaplan, was … Continue reading
Posted in Aliza Hausman, Conversion, Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged jewish press, orthodox judaism, public sphere, rabbinical student, shabbat meal, speaking engagements
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Jewish News
From Hirhurim: OU disabilities inclusion resolution passes House: link Torah and iTablets: link The Jewish Press to host 44th district City Council debate: link Is Wikipedia good for the Jews?: link Rabbonim shlita question Jerusalem
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged council debate, debate link, jewish groups, jewish press, tourism link, tropper
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Does Facebook Lead To Defamation?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: In this week’s The Jewish Press, R. Mordechai Weiss writes [on page 25]: Then came Facebook and Twitter, which took the Internet to a new level of impropriety. Things are written on Facebook that end … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip, Internet, Orthodoxy, The Jewish Press
Tagged abe froman, Facebook, facebook home, gil student, impropriety, jewish press, lashon hara, orthodox rabbi, rabbi moshe, rabbi weiss, twitter
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Are Blogs Good For The Jews?
Rabbi Gil Student writes for The Jewish Press: It is extremely important that we all remember the laws of lashon ha’ra apply to all forms of communication. The same standards we see in newspapers should be expected from blogs, but … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Jews, Judaism
Tagged forms of communication, gil student, halachic questions, inappropriate material, jewish press, lashon
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The Jewish Press Interviews Rabbi Gil Student
From Hirhurim: The Jewish Press has an interview with me this week (link). Here’s an excerpt and you can read the whole thing at the source: In the world of Orthodox blogs, few are as popular as Hirhurim.blogspot.com, run by … Continue reading
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Tagged controversial discussions, gil student, jerusalem post, jewish philosophy, jewish press, mail lists
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Which Pico-Robertson Business Are Sporting That Coveted Rabbinic Ethics Certification?
"Peulat Sachir." Pico-Robertson’s Modern Orthodox rabbis launched this initiative a few months ago. It got a lot of publicity from the obeisant Jewish press. Does it make any difference in the way anyone does business today? I’ve not heard anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, Rabbis
Tagged business ethics, business today, jewish press, orthodox rabbis, public relations ploy
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In Praise Of George Will
Jason Maoz writes in The Jewish Press: If George F. Will comes across to some as a starchy combination of ministerial and professorial, he can blame it on his genes: The longtime columnist is, after all, the grandson of a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jason Maoz, Politics
Tagged carter administration, intransigence, jewish press, lutheran minister, maoz, philosophy professor
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