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Post-Pesach warning: Don't buy chametz from seculars
April 7, 2010 -
Grumpy old curmudgeon pet peeve of the day
March 23, 2010At least once a day, I get an email from someone advertising something in a particular, but unnamed, liberal part of the Jewish community that mentions a woman and gives her the title “Reb.” Can someone please explain to these folks that the word “reb” means “Mr”? “Reb” does NOT mean “Rabbi.” Reb, when a [...]
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Yeshiva University honors UK chief rabbi
March 11, 2010 -
Settler Rabbi Stonewalls on Sex Abuse Charge
February 27, 2010Yet another prominent Orthodox rabbi has been charged with sexual abuse. This time it is Rabbi Mordechai Elon, one of the foremost rabbinic leaders of the Israeli Orthodox movement and former rosh yeshiva at the flagship Yeshivat HaRav, where last year a Palestinian mounted an assault which left several students dead. The result [...] Related [...]
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Neturei Karta: IDF Purim costumes worse than Nazi uniforms
February 25, 2010 -
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February 24, 2010‘Brooklyn Bundler’ Rabbi, Charged With $4 Million Extortion Brooklyn Chabad Rabbi Milton Balkany has been accused of extorting $3.25-million from a New York hedge fund in order to fend off a non-existent federal Canadian Jewish Tourism Ad Uses Oral Sex to Promote Israeli SIZE DOESN’T MATTER – BIG PARADISE from Size Doesnt Matter Dimi Reider [...]
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Brooklyn Bundler, Chabad Rabbi, Charged With $4-Million Extortion
February 23, 2010Brooklyn Chabad Rabbi Milton Balkany has been accused of extorting $3.25-million from a New York hedge fund in order to fend off a non-existent federal probe of insider trading allegations. Unfortunately, the notion that Orthodox rabbis engage in acts of corruption is not news. What is news is this fellow’s previous background. [...] Related posts:Chabad [...]
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Sharansky: Elon backed by former chief rabbi
February 21, 2010 -
Takana forum member says got death threat
February 17, 2010 -
Rabbi says parents of lesbian should 'sit shiva'
February 17, 2010 -
In Preparation for Purim
February 15, 2010Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, had a go at Mahmous Ahmadinejad, during his weekly Saturday evening sermon. He called the Iranian president the “Haman of our generation” referring to the upcoming Purim holiday, and added the he “can go to hell”. The rabbi, whose address was centered on the laws [...]
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Birth and Redemption
February 10, 2010The following post is by Rabbi (and new mom) Ilana Garber of Beth El Temple in West Hartford, CT. Rabbi Garber’
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Rav Yisrael Salanter biography from 1899
February 9, 2010The 25th of Shevat marks the 127th yartzeit of Rav Yisrael Lipkin (Salanter).
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'IDF rabbi should not be appointed by army'
January 26, 2010 -
The Interfaith Amigos, ecumenism, and Christmas blessings
December 25, 2009Yesterday morning I caught part of On Point with Tom Ashbrook, featuring The Interfaith Amigos — Rabbi Ted Falcon, pastor Don MacKenzie, and sheikh Jamal Rahman. (Later in the day, I listened to the whole show online, because I wanted to hear the whole hour.) Early in the show, Tom Ashbrook asks, what does interfaith [...]