Tag: Social Issues
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Food & Kashrus
The Fables of Schwartzie: Part 1
A bonobo monkey went to the doctor. "You are 98.7% human," the doctor told him. "It can't be," the monkey cried in disbelief. "The…
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Dating & Marriage
She’s four years older than me
Being a BT with an immigrant background, I know that I'm better off dating someone from my own community than an "American." But 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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Shul Life
Letter to the editor: Judaism is too strict
One thing that bothers me about modern Judaism is the continuous shift to the strict and serious. When my father was a kid and…