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‘He Doesn’t Want To Edit Your Blog’
A friend tells me: "He just wanted to give you a condition he knew you couldn’t accept. If you said, yeah, fine, edit my blog, he’d commit suicide on the spot. People get tired of dealing with you. You have … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged bad news, jewish tradition, suicide, Torah, untenable position
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Homeless Take Shelter In A Succah
From the Hartford Courant: Donna Berman, Hartford’s coolest rabbi and executive director of the city’s Charter Oak Cultural Center, recently built a sukkah on the grounds of the historic center. According to Jewish tradition, sukkot were built by the Israelites as they … Continue reading
Posted in Homeless
Tagged charter oak, god bless israel, hartford courant, jewish tradition, succah, sukkah
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Dignity Is A Jewish Virtue
So I can sleep at night, I like to whip myself on my blog until I’m bleeding. That way I don’t feel so bad about the gashes I deliver to others during the day. I feel that if I’m rougher … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged commitments, demons, dignity, foolishness, God, hammer, hands and feet, jewish tradition, lashon hara, nails, oblivion, oh wretched man, orthodox life, orthodox shul, pulpit, self flagellation, sleep, sleep sleep, thane rosenbaum, virtue
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Only Jews Who Don’t Know Who They Are Want To Build Bridges To The Black Community
If you are leading an observant Jewish life, you don’t have time to build bridges to other communities. How can you eat with them? You can only do it in a kosher restaurant. You can’t eat on their turf. Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Race
Tagged black mayor, close relationships, commonalities, distinct culture, fantasy world, flare ups, gentile, greenberg, jewish coalition, jewish community, jewish federation of greater los angeles, jewish law, jewish life, jewish tradition, kosher restaurant, majority culture, observant jews, orthodox jews, religious communities, tom bradley
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