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Kosher Shavers
Traditional Judaism prohibits men from shaving their face with a razor. While many (or most) Ultra-Orthodox Jews don’t shave at ...
Haftarah for Vayigash
Ezekiel promises: The divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel will one day be united.
Blending Traditions on Hanukkah
Motherlode, the parenting blog at NYTimes.com, has a really interesting post with a new twist on the age-old problem of ...
Are Nuns Too Forgiving?
I’m dying to see the new Meryl Streep movie, Doubt, about a nun with a bone to pick, but in ...
I Want to Be a Rebbe
My rebbe is an awesome man. His family lives in a little falling-apart shack on the edge of Boro Park, ...
Rabbi Rackman z”l
Since his death at age 98 a few weeks ago, I’ve been meaning to write a bit about Rabbi Emanuel ...
Will the Madoff Scandal See a Rise in Anti-Semitism in America?
The Ponzi Scheme involving Bernie Madoff stealing some $50 Billion is kind of a big deal. I wouldn’t even know ...
Just what the ghetto needs: More alcohol.
In last Sunday’s New York Times, Paula Roth (no relation) covers the opening of a new bar in an area ...
Notes for Giving a Dvar Torah
We have a really nice article with some tips for someone who’s planning to give a dvar Torah. And when ...
Inter-racial Intermarriage: What’s Taboo and What’s Not
There’s a fascinating back-and-forth over at The Atlantic between Jeffrey Goldberg and Ta-Nehisi about exoticism and intermarriage in the black ...