{"id":63516,"date":"2015-02-16T07:06:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63516"},"modified":"2015-02-16T07:06:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:06:56","slug":"gender-journey-from-old-city-rabbi-to-female-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=63516","title":{"rendered":"Gender Journey: From Old City Rabbi to Female Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Amalek: &#8220;Different ages have different sacred cows. The man who wants to dress in women&#8217;s clothes, wear makeup and especially cut off his penis and testicles is today&#8217;s sacred cow, placed on a moral pedestal by white liberal elites (and by no other). Once Islam takes over, this will end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.voiceofisrael.com\/part-1-gender-journey-old-city-rabbi-female-author\/\">REPORT<\/a>: Yiscah Smith came to Israel in 1971 as a man. Today, she is an Orthodox Woman living in Jerusalem. 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