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Bad Rabbi
Nick Madigan writes for the Baltimore Sun: For more than half a century, Rabbi Jacob A. Max was a dominant figure in Baltimore’s Jewish community, founder of one of its most important synagogues, an influential leader who officiated at countless … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Rabbis
Tagged anshe, dominant figure, emunah, hebrew congregation, legal remedy, rabbi jacob
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Rabbi Yaakov Emden Was Almost Seduced By His Cousin
I’m listening to a lecture by Dr. Marc B. Shapiro (for Torah in Motion) on the Nazir, Rabbi David Cohen (1887-1972). Dr. Shapiro talks about the diary of Rabbi Jacob Emden (a great Talmudist of the 18th Century): "We have … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Rabbis
Tagged closest thing, emden, evil inclination, Marc B. Shapiro, nazir, rabbi jacob, spiritual autobiography, spiritual diary, torah in motion, yetzer hara
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I Am Happy
At my yoga studio last night, this old hippie said to the director about me, "He looks happier than you do!" Today, my left sideview mirror fell off. I picked it up and screwed the bolts back in. I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged greasy fingers, Jacob Neusner, john updike, lucky woman, oil and water, old hippie, rabbi jacob, shabby clothes, sideview mirror, yoga studio
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The Bomb That Healed Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city’s nervous Jewish community to embrace the civil rights movement. Members of The Temple gathered … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights movement, community outrage, jacob rothschild, rabbi jacob, racial equality, temple member
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Toronto’s Orthodox Jews Leaving For New Jersey
John Lorinc writes: In a spare living room furnished with a bookshelf of Hebrew texts and special silverware for religious occasions, Rabbi Jacob Hirschman, 71, tallied up the locations of his grown children. The two youngest, he says, still live … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged bathurst area, devout jews, hebrew texts, judaic study, population boom, rabbi jacob
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