Tag: politics
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Jewish Life
What is the most neutral of yarmulkes
In typical Heshy fashion I had a pretty intense argument this past shabbos about which yarmulke is the most politically neutral of all. For…
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Israel
Jerusalem Bombing: “So what are people saying over there?”
Guest post by Benji Lovitt “So what are people saying over there?” That’s the question my father often asks me on our way home…
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Jewish Life
Jews should keep religion out of politics
Shocking to find an article written by a frum dude who wants to separate religion and politics - although I disagree with his claim…
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Jewish Life
Can you be frum and liberal?
Whenever I talk to left wing Jews they always elicit some sort of shock when I tell them that finding a frum liberal is…
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Israel
Floatilla talk is a waste of time but since you asked
I think that talking about the Floatilla is a waste of time, but you folks keep asking me to write about it again, so I…
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Food & Kashrus
Frummies are anti Universal Health Care but take foodstamps, welfare and section 8 housing
By Frum Punk Hey Shmuley, listen up. I know you spend most of your drive time soaking in the wisdom of Misters Limbaugh, Savage…
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Yeshivish
Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill Passes: Critics shout socialism
Black Hat groups are rejoicing over the Yeshiva Tuition Reform Bill that was passed by the United States Beis Din earlier today. The YTR…
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Jewish Life
Every Jewish Community has Politics
This is an old rant I wrote a long while back that still rings true today You may think your city is the worst,…
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Israel
Jimmy Carter Forced to Apologize to Jews, AIPAC Celebrates Job Well Done
And the Jews had light, and happiness, and joy and honor. Yes, we had all those things and more when President Jimmy Carter sheepishly…
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Israel
Jewish Bloggers Carnival: Haveil Havalim #228
This is my second time hosting a the weekly Jewish Bloggers Carnival, which features various posts from around the web. I know that many…
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Dating & Marriage
ROI Summit initial reactions
For those of you who don’t know, I wasn’t flown to Israel to perform at a comedy club in Jerusalem, I am just not…
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Jewish Life
The Republican plan to get rid of the Democrats
I'm no Republican but I liked this... THE REPUBLICAN PLAN Back off and let those men who want to marry men, marry men. Allow…
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Food & Kashrus
Out of town restaurant politics
I have lived and stayed in enough Jewish communities to understand that many places don’t have a kosher restaurant simply because of community politics.…
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Dating & Marriage
When our brains play tricks on us
When I keep getting invited to the same Facebook group by multiple people I go for a look, in this case it was called…
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Jewish Life
Why I didn’t friend Bernie Madoff on facebook
One of my Facebook friends and I had a small chat yesterday about how come I rejected the friend request sent to me by…
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Jewish Life
Barack Obama is not U.S. citizen!!!
Now most of you know by now that I am a closet Obama fan when it comes to admitting that I like him in…
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Jewish Life
Closet Obama fans in the frum community
It seems that everyone in the orthodox community hates Obama, mostly because the orthodox community is made up of right wingers who would never…
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Israel
Charedim in Israel Ban Tzipi Livni
If they could I am sure they would- but blotting out her face and not mentioning her name is the next best thing. I…
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Jewish Life
The Jewishness of the Obama and McCain campaigns
So we know that Sarah Palin is in fact not Jewish and if she was Jewish she would have been a Chabad Shaliachs wife…
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Yeshivish
Yeshiva University Transgender Professor Controversey
I just had to write about this because unlike the comments on Vos Iz Neias I happen to think this story is hilarious. The…
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Jewish Life
Is Sarah Palin Jewish?
If someone can find some sort of Jewish connection for Barak Obama they can surely find one for Sarah Palin, even the name is…
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Jewish Life
When whites become the minority…
According to CNN, minorities won't have that status by the year 2050, I for one am looking forward to that day, for a variety…
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Jewish Life
Product placement advertising comes to the news?
Welcome to the world of Clandestine Advertising!!! Fox 5 News anchors Jason Feinberg and Monica Jackson and the McDonald’s coffee, filled with fake ice…