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Child Sex Abuse Case In Australia Comes To America
Two thoughts: * This story illustrates why the Forward is the premiere Jewish news publication in the diaspora. * Consider the eery parallels to the sexual molestation situation at Beis Midrash Toras HaShem in North Hollywood. Email: The following note … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Australia, Chabad, Orthodoxy
Tagged child sex abuse, david kramer, don wolf, laibl wolf, rabbi meir, sex abuse case
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A Brief History Of My Beard
Noon. Thursday. Jan. 31. 2008. I’m at the Robertson branch of the Los Angeles Public Library leafing through the February issue of Commentary magazine. It’s been a few days since I’ve shaved. I stop at an article on the role … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged growing a beard, long white beard, rabbi meir, religious observance, rick moses, robertson branch
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The Jewish Supremacist
I’m surprised at the number of my Orthodox friends who used to roll with Rabbi Meir Kahane. I’ve always thought of R. Meir Kahane as an extremist but Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles that I’ve met seem split 50/50 on … Continue reading
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Tagged classmates, man jack, meir kahane, orthodox jews, rabbi meir, supremacist
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Life Lessons From Football
Rabbi Meir Goldberg writes: The importance of a tzibbur: Joshua Schwager, member of the 1986 national champion Penn State Nittany Lions and now a shomer Torah umitzvos Jew, told my students at Rutgers that the 2007 New York Giants became … Continue reading
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Tagged champion penn state, giants shockey, new york giants, penn state nittany, penn state nittany lions, rabbi meir
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My Beard Bothers The World
In February 2008, I read an essay in Commentary magazine by the clean-shaven Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik on the role of the beard in Judaism. It laid out the reasons for why the beard (as opposed to the clean-shaven look) was … Continue reading →