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Spiritual Highs Are Hard To Come By In Judaism
A lot of people want to know what I was feeling when I was converting to Judaism. On that last day as I stood naked in the mikveh and saying the blessings in Hebrew that would officially make me Jewish, … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, converting to judaism, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shul, reform rabbi
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Leftism – The Jews’ Golden Calf
Dennis Prager writes: How would most American Jews react to the following historical assessment by a noted Yiddish scholar, professor Gennady Estraikh of New York University? “It is hardly an overstatement to define Yiddish literature of the 1920s as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, gennady estraikh, lev kamenev, orthodox rabbis, radical historian, yiddish literature
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Los Angeles Has Predatory Rabbis Doing Orthodox Conversions To Judaism
Alarm bells should go off in your head if the rabbi in charge of your conversion to Orthodox Judaism asks you: * When do you menstruate (so he can get at you when you won’t contaminate him) * To meet … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm bells, conversion program, conversion programs, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, sexual predators
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The Haredi Obsession With Bugs
Jonah Lowenfeld writes in this week’s Jewish Journal: The presence of even one whole bug, dead or alive, can render an entire vegetable treif — unkosher. On this matter, Orthodox rabbis are unequivocal. “From a Torah perspective, eating a Big … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Kashrut, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, RCC
Tagged fruits and vegetables, kosher information bureau, orthodox rabbis, rabbi eliezer, rabbinical council of california, torah perspective
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The High Price Of Kosher Lettuce
The Jewish Journal has been working on this story for more than a year: The presence of even one whole bug, dead or alive, can render an entire vegetable treif — unkosher. On this matter, Orthodox rabbis are unequivocal. “From … Continue reading
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Tagged gaza strip, kosher information bureau, observant jews, orthodox rabbis, rabbi eliezer, torah perspective
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