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Tag Archives: rabbinate
Do Large Breasts Belong On The Pulpit?
Jonathan Kirsch writes in the Jewish Journal: Levy’s account of her own self-reinvention as a rabbi, which inspired her to create Nashuva, is kind of a parallel narrative in “Hope Will Find You,” and it’s just as affecting and enlightening … Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Tagged huge breasts, Jewish Journal, jonathan kirsch, large breasts, rabbinate, reinvention
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Wisdom Comes From The Children
Let us learn from the young because they know so much about life and they have so much wisdom to share with us. If children feel strongly about religious egalitarianism, well then, shouldn’t we follow them? Talk show host Michael … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged michael medved, orthodox shuls, rabbi yosef, rabbinate, religious teacher, teacher leader
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Is Yoga For Fags?
Chaim Amalek emails: "I sense a new enthusiasm that is likely to pull you away from the rabbinate and Judaism. Also, yoga and women are for fags." Khunrum emails: "Amalek, I applaud whatever comes next, be it Yoga or Alexander, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged ashram, quot quot, rabbinate, rebbe, temple sinai, yoga center
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What Could Be Better Than Obeying The Rabbis?
From my live cam chat: HymenRothofMiami: Christian music and art helps bring Christians closer to Christ HymenRothofMiami: Jewish music just bores. HymenRothofMiami: And there is no Jewish art HymenRothofMiami: Love this music…shiksas singing their love of Jesus. HymenRothofMiami: Better that … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish art, jewish music, live cam chat, rabbinate, Rabbis
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The Conversion Controversy
Rav Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: Several weeks into the current conversion fracas, and I have participated in a webcam debate, read two of Rabbi Sherman’s piskei din, plus teshuvos both modern and pre-modern, several articles in Techumin, a few chapters of … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged conversion controversy, gerus, rabbinate, religious forces, rsquo, texas chainsaw massacre
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Jewish Press Accused Of Feminism
Someone calling himself the Rabbinic Corruption Committee has gone on the warpath against the Jewish Press and its campaign against men who won’t give their wives a get (Jewish divorce). Here’s a taste of this new blog called jewishpressmess: 1)DO … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, The Jewish Press
Tagged agunah, conversions, corruption, divorcee, Feminism, gittin, harrassment, intimidation, Israel, jerusalem post online, jewish divorce, jewish press, Marriage, quot, rabbinate, Rabbis, RCA, regard, valid address, warpath
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Rabbinic Corruption
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council emails: "Luke: Just over 50% of all cases before Israel’s rabbinic courts are appealed, and just over 65% of those appeals are found valid. Yet in the US, both the RCC … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged administrative offices, administrative procedures, advocacy council, civil courts, comptroller, computerized system, conflict of interest, counterparts, court administration, court rulings, divorce decree, fathers rights, infallability, judicial proceedings, petah tikva, pulpits, quot, rabbinate, RCA, RCC
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You Are Not Jewish
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council writes: Luke: While you waste your time writing nonsense because of a lack of knowledge of what is really going on in Judaism, let me inform you of two major historic … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged advocacy council, akiva, chief rabbi, conversions, cowards, english translations, fathers rights, Judaism, lack of knowledge, metropolitan tel aviv, Modern Orthodox, orthodox rabbis, pretense, pulpit, rabbinate, RCC, rishon lezion, rude awakening, scandelous, sermons
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I’m Live On My Cam And Singing ‘Jerusalem’ And ‘Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport’
Click here to join the conversation. Watch the hymn Jerusalem and the Aussie favorite. There’s an old Australian stockman lying dying and he gets up on his elbow and says to his mates gathered around him… "Let me abos go … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged apostacy, australian stockman, beard, elbow, exponent, golden calf, hymn jerusalem, kangaroo, kangaroo down sport, kiki, luke ford, mates, new faith, paper mache, ql, rabbinate, redeemer, relationship with god, spoonful of sugar, welshdragon
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RCC Divorces
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council writes: We will have a full statement and formal report published before Pesach, Gd willing, but IFRAC can confirm that the statement at the bottom of the RCC website claiming that … Continue reading
Posted in RCC
Tagged aba, advocacy council, american rabbis, arrest warrants, bet, classic case, crosshairs, fathers rights, fundamental concern, inevitable outcome, Kashrut, local community, marriage ceremonies, misrepresentation, monopoly, qualms, rabbinate, rcc website, regulatory organization, rewrite
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