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Britney Spears Converting to Judaism?
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Brad Hirschfield
Whether the story reported in The Sun, about Britney Spears converting to Judaism, is accurate or not, there is real insight to be found this satiric New Yorker item containing entries from Spears’ conversion diary. Written by Andy Borowitz, the piece says a great deal about what “outsiders” count as Jewish versus what many “insiders”…
Dealing with Frustration Badly, Israeli Bar Bans Soldiers in Uniform
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Brad Hirschfield
The Rogatka, a trendy Tel Aviv bar named for the Russian word describing the slingshots made famous in the first Intifada, refuses to seat soldiers in uniform. Whatever one’s political views are, this strikes me as a case of shooting the messenger because one doesn’t like the message – never a good move. Calling itself…
Tisha B’av and the Ethics of Communication
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Brad Hirschfield
A response to Norwegian Shooter who commented on yesterday’s post as follows: When I returned to your blog to see if you responded to my comment on the previous post, I was quite surprised to see you posted your comment to Shoshanna (the hypocritical one) as its own entry. So I feel the need to…
Tisha B’av, Francis Collins, and Lashon HaRah
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Brad Hirschfield
Responding to yesterday’s post about the consternation provoked in both the savagely secular and rabidly religious camps, Shoshanna commented: mazel tov, Rabbi, on finally joining the fray against the Christophole nudnick (and most recently, as a recent reader post on this blog noted, cyberstalker!) Klinghoffer. It is long overdue, given the potshots he has taken…
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