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Rebuttal By Rabbi Yair Hoffman – The Gym, the Carpool, and Tzniyus
This morning, I woke up to an email from none other than Rabbi Yair Hoffman, author of the 5 Towns Jewish Times article, The Gym, the Carpool, and Tzniyus, which I criticized yesterday. I must say...
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There is Nothing More Shameful Than Being Single in the Frum Community
“You remain trapped as a single person in a community where there is nothing more shameful than being single.” – Fraidy Reiss, founder and executive director of Unchained At Last This quote stood out...
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Poverty As a Means of Control Within Haredi Society
Video blaming Israeli government cutbacks on the current poverty suffered by kollel families. This video was shown at the 91st Agudath Israel of America Convention on November 16th, 2013. The video...
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It Goes Both Ways
There is a viral photo going around of an orthodox Jewish man, Oscar “Isaac” Theil, letting an unidentified African American man sleep on his shoulder on a NY train. “He had a long day so let him...
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Online Mesirah – The Blogger as Moser
I was watching a BBC Channel 4 Dispatches episode called, Britain’s Hidden Child Abuse. One of the segments of the show featured an undercover abuse survivor secretly taping a meeting with Rabbi...
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Bigotry Towards Chassidic Jews – Am I a Hater?
A few weeks ago I joined Facebook. I had been off of that site for a few years for a variety of reasons, and hadn’t missed it. However, since starting my blog, I have grown to realize that a good...
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Pssst….Is Your Wife Refusing To Receive A Get?
It’s not a problem! Yeah, you! Come over here. Shhhh! Where there’s a will there’s a way, right? Here’s how it works. I know a guy….a facilitator if you will. We’ll call him Shlomo. He can get...
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Does Chesed Begin at Home?
I once read a book for female baalas teshuvahs (the title escapes me at the moment) where an anecdote from a Rebbetzin was given. It’s a story that I have heard more than once, with slightly different...
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When Activism Turns Exploitative
The growing pains of orthodox Jewish activism efforts against child abuse are becoming apparent. I opened my Facebook page this morning and was horrified to find a post shared on my timeline linking...
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Dying for a Shidduch
Hungry to Be Heard – Eating Disorders in the Orthodox Jewish Community – A Project of the Orthodox Union Young Leadership Cabinet The other day I was listening to a recently recorded episode on Jewish...
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Post Partum Body Image in the Frum Community
For anyone interested in the current controversy over speedy postpartum weight loss, and how it affects body image in the frum community, check out my new blog post on Times of Israel – Giving birth to...
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Does it Make Sense for Your Wife to Work?
According to one husband in today’s Lakewood Scoop, the answer is no. This gentleman paints a bleak financial picture for his family of 6. He makes $41,000 per year and his wife brings in $20,000....
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Come on, everyone’s doing it! Get squished!
Read my latest post in Times of Israel encouraging women to get mammograms – If I can get squished standing on one foot, you can get squished standing on two!
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It’s ok, he’s a rabbi!
My son comes running upstairs and shouts to me through the bathroom door. “Mom, there’s a rabbi downstairs!” Another unsolicited meshulach has come to pay an evening visit. “Tell him that Abba isn’t...
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NYPD’s “Stop and Kiss” Program Violates Freedom of Religion According to...
Bloomberg Defends NYPD’s Controversial Stop And Kiss Program NYPD “Stop and Kiss Program” opponent, Rebbetzin Shoenfeld, heads a congregation of over 500 Jewish families. The highly segregated ultra...
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Anti-Semite, Self Hating Jew, or Critical Observer?
I was interested to read a story in The National Post that talked about a Montreal blogger, Pierre Lacerte, who won a libel lawsuit filed against him by hasidic businessman, Michael Rosenberg....
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Women Wear Their Judaism
If you are interested in the topic of women’s religiosity being judged on how they dress, please read my new Times of Israel post.
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Throwback Thursday – Do you dress for yourself or others?
A recent Tablet magazine article written by a woman who stopped covering her hair is inspiring a lot of discussion. What most detractors are taking exception to, is that the author feels that freeing...
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Why Role Models Matter
This morning I was unpleasantly surprised to find this flyer in my daughter’s school newsletter:For those who missed the recent brouhaha, Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein made the news when he went on a...
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Rabbi Wallerstein’s Response to the Chicago Community
Yesterday I wrote a post about Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein speaking in Chicago this weekend. Yesterday, phones were ringing and boards were conferring over whether to keep Rabbi Wallerstein’s speaking...
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