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Sorry seems to be the hardest word 27 Aug 2013 | 01:13 pm
A guest post by Y. Bloch Earlier this year, I was deposed by a private firm investigating sexual abuse allegations at Yeshiva University High School. I can understand why they wanted to talk to me....
The case against Pius 12 26 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
There's been some loose Twitter talk lately about how Pius 12 is again on the verge of being canonized. The Church, of course, can do what it likes, but canonizing Pius 12 would demonstrate that the s...
Repentance is hard, remittance is easy 25 Aug 2013 | 12:32 am
A guest post by Y. Bloch Just a brief after-Shabbat report from the Holy Land. While we Ashkenazim are breathing a sigh of relief that we have one more week before Selihot start, our Sephardic brothe...
DovBear revises his thinking (again) 23 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
All credit to Rabbi Josh Yuter for showing me this rabbinic teaching: דברים רבה (וילנא) פרשת כי תבוא פרשה ז מה השמן הזה אין יכול להתערב במשקין אחרים אף ישראל אין יכולין להתערב בעובדי כוכבים I don't ...
Moses: soft on gays? 23 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
A guest post by Y. Bloch The phrase "Let this year commence with its blessings" is a a common pre-Rosh Hashana greeting, but it is its converse. "Let that year conclude with its curses," which has a ...
Why the Ben Sorer is an apikores 22 Aug 2013 | 05:51 am
וסובא -מרבה לשתות והוא המשתכר, והנה זה כמו אפיקורוס כי לא יבקש חיי העוה"ז כי אם להתענג בכל מיני מאכל ומשתה. This is a very straightforward ibn Ezra comment, I think. He is saying here that the waywar...
Peek-a-Jew: White House Edition 22 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
@azigra Jeffery Goldberg pointed out on twitter that the cover photo currently up on The White House website is of the President and Jews. (Click on the picture to view a larger version). Ex-chief r...
Something most of you have never done: Meet a real Palestenian 21 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
For the last several weeks, I've been following @ellekay_ on Twitter. All I know about her comes from her profile and feed. Here is what I have determined so far: She is a Muslim Palestinian who live...
Marry a man you don't love 20 Aug 2013 | 09:28 pm
Here's something true and powerful I saw on Facebook. Don't doubt this happens. The only criticism is that it fails to acknowledge that there is also a male side of this equation. Marry a man you do ...
Russian Gays may one day be German Jews 20 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
Like I told the social networks this morning: Any Jew who can't understand why no one stopped Hitler back in 1935 needs to ask himself what he is doing today to help Russian gays. Predictably, some ...
