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Christians In Jerusalem Want Jews To Stop Spitting On Them
From TorahMusings.com: Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them ▪ National memorial for fallen rabbi nears in Arlington National Cemetery ▪ JPPI summarizes demographic trends ▪ Stanley Fish: What’s Up With the Jews? ▪ Israel’s Cedar wins award at Cannes ▪ Treasury agrees … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged american scholar, arlington national cemetery, jewish vision, jppi, orthodox jewish community, stanley fish
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Rethinking Jewish Day Schools
From DonnaBurstyn.com: I was calculating what I spent on the education of my four daughters before they hit college. Three of them went to Orthodox Jewish day schools. A fourth one went until third grade and then was in other … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Burstyn, Education, Orthodoxy
Tagged archdiocese of los angeles, catholic day, jewish day school, jewish day schools, orthodox jewish community, practicing catholic
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Converting The Mentally Ill
Orthodox Jews don’t look for converts among non-Jews. They typically turn away three times Gentiles seeking conversion and then only convert them after they have proved themselves. Now what happens if the convert is sincere but mentally ill? Different Batei … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Personal, R. Avrohom Union, R. David Rue
Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, conversion applications, head rabbi, jewish conversion, masters degree in psychology, orthodox jewish community, rabbi abner weiss, rabbi david, rabbinical council of california
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Heshy Fried Live In The Hovel!
Heshy Fried operates FrumSatire.net. I hung out with Heshy for four hours Sunday night. (My 2011 video interview with Heshy.) Things started out in the hovel and then moved to Haifa restaurant on Pico Blvd. Luke: “Heshy, when you were … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Heshy Fried, Orthodoxy, Sex
Tagged camp moshava, classic kid, hebrew day school, heshy, high school equivalency, one of those guys, orthodox background, orthodox jewish community, providence hebrew day school, providence rhode island, skater girls, stand up comedian, west end avenue, yeshivish
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