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Chassidim & Chabad
I am not Orthodox: Chabad propaganda
If you ever ask someone who's of chabad stock if they are chabad, they will generally respond to you that they're just Jewish and…
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Jewish Life
The War on Parve: Finding the Morsels of Mass Distraction.
imagesThe War on Parve took an odd turn when it was revealed that Trader Joe's did not change its chocolate chips last week. They…
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Yeshivish
What does out of town mean to you?
I never started hearing the term "out of town" until I started going to yeshiva, people referred to my yeshiva as out of town…
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Jewish Life
Why the current use of the term “Torah Jew” is a chillul hashem
Found this interesting piece on the blog To Kiss a Mezuzah and received permission to re-post here. By Susan Esther Barnes We Jews seem…
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Yeshivish
Switching from black velvet to suede yarmulkes defies stereotypes
One of the people I met over the last days of yuntiff tried to stereotype me and failed miserably, he exclaimed shock when I…
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Rabbis, Bans & Chumras
(Belated) Devar Torah Parshas Ki Savo
Guest post by Dale Rosenbach While Moses was preparing to give up leadership, the Israelites were preparing to enter the Promised Land and participate…
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Jewish Life
Stuff Jewish People Like
So I was under the influence last Saturday night when I had an epiphany, I've never had an "under the influence" related epiphany, mostly…
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Jewish Life
Where did the Cheap Jews stereotype come from?
The following video was made in homage to the post I wrote sometime back about how picking up fallen change may make Jews look…
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Jewish Life
Non-generic Jewish sects
Everyone knows the generic Jewish sects, modern orthodox, Chassidic, reform, conservative and so on. What many people don’t know are the different sub groups…