Jacob Da Jew has an important post about the state of Tznius in the frum community, the problem is not that people aren’t adhering to the laws, the problem is in the form of random notes distributed by random people…
Tag: chumras
Its official: Strawberries are kosher
Is it just me who sees the irony in this news title? I guess the only thing funnier than bans, is when someone tries to reconcile the ban. Can you imagine someone now saying that Indian Hair sheitles are kosher?
Kosher phone cards prevent sex calls
First it was kosher cell phones and now its kosher phone cards, and judging by these two tidbits of information and the time and money spent to make these products one may conclude that Charedim in Israel are going off…
Why don’t women ever notice the tznius problems?
The latest in the Charedi push to ban women from basic freedoms kind of looks like the 1960s civil rights movement, but in reverse. The title of an article “Scuffle breaks out at protest FOR segregated buses” just sounds wrong…
Pesach is the time to show off how frum you are
Since I was coming to Santa Fe, New Mexico for shabbos I asked the people who hooked me up with the people I stayed by if they needed anything from Dallas. I knew that New Mexico didn’t have kosher stores…
Vos Iz Neias commenters are nuts
I am convinced that Vos Iz Neias is the heimishe version of the New York Post, they copy and paste a bunch of regular articles from CNN and Huffington post and then like clockwork every 10 articles or so is…
I hope the Rabbis ban some of these items
The Rabbis love to make bans, it proves they are keeping frummies insular, it looks good on their resumes and it helps them retain their tyrannical control over the ultra orthodox community. It is high time for the rabbis to…
Rabbis in Brooklyn finally make a good ban
Vos Iz Neias is reporting that 30 leading Rabbis in Brooklyn have signed a religious ban on price gouging for Pesach items. Sounds like socialism to me, but I won’t point any fingers because I like it, well really it…
What food item will they find bugs in next?
First it was lettuce, Then it was all leafy veggies, Then it was strawberries, Then they said screw it and said all berries had bugs in em,
Company has 4 kosher certifications on its milk – one just isn’t frum enough
Why on earth a milk company would bother to put 4 hechsherim (kosher certifications) on their packaging is beyond me. But Machmirim (what a name) is a new cholov yisroel milk company that broke an official Guinness Book world record…
Rabbi in Israel: Returning lost cell phones is assur
I would like to thank the Yeshiva World News once again for providing me with fodder for yet another post that shows that Charedim are getting way out of hand when it comes to their chumras. Yeshiva World News the…
Charedim ban the story of Esther
Vos Iz Neias reported earlier in the day that many folks in the Charedi “frummer than you” movements have decided to stop telling the story of Esther because its simply untznius. They have debated this issue for years, but only…
Facebook is banned by Gedolei Yisroel
I received this letter in my email inbox – I always knew Facebook would be banned, but I assumed since the Gedolim had already banned the internet, it was assumed via kal vachomer that any internet site was banned. This…
Israeli company steals my idea for Kosher GPS
I wrote about GPS for frummies back in December and as with everything I write about someone stole my idea. Or to put it frankly, my ridiculous idea to direct frummies through kosher routes by forcing them to go around…
Become a member of the Tznius Police
Its high time for changes in the frum community, crisis after crisis has effected us, and unfortunately until now no one has been able to admit we indeed have a serious problem with the way women act and present themselves.…
Why do the rabbis hate Lipa Sheltzer so much?
So a few weeks ago there was a another scandal or controversy involving Lipa Shmeltzer, I didn’t writer about because I didn’t find it all that funny or cool that this Rabbi Schorr while at a wedding where Lipa Shmeltzer…
Ridiculous halachic questions
I was sitting at a bar tonight drinking an ice cold glass of New Castle beer talking with a buddy about how people in the frum world give more respect for externals then internals (dress – not organs you idiots)…
Why I love Yeshiva World News
Yeshiva World News is a love hate relationship, I know many of you may think I hate them – but I don’t, I understand they are catering to a more charedi and less scandal intensive audience than Vos Iz Neias.…
Passaic Bans Bat Mitzvahs
I have always wondered why the Chumra Patrol or Tznius Police never took on bat mitzvahs or shall I say bas mitzvahs. They are a form of unneeded celebration, and they allow women to have fun – and we all…
Tznius policed in Ramot want separate grocery lines
I was reading Yeshiva World News this morning and yes I read them even though they suck, mostly because I have to be up on the latest scandals and chumras to hit the frum community so I can poke fun…
GPS for frummies
It seems like there is a whole economy that runs on chumras, whenever something gets banned or made stricter, someone comes out with a product to ensure that you do the best you can with trying to adhere to that…
Childrens games help end shidduch crisis and promote tznius
Hat tip to fellow blogger Sara who gave me the idea over facebook From the beginning of time one of the ways to give shape and mold children to their liking. Cultures have created games, just look at famous children’s…
Man posing as YWN editor tries to get me to shut up
I guess last weeks post pissed people off enough to make someone create a false email address and email me posing as a Yeshiva World News editor, claiming that someone had emailed him the link to my post VIN vs.…
Are you pissed that some events have mixed seating?
Then you can bring tear gas and stab someone… Vos is Neias reports that a man in Israel showed up at a birthday party of a three year old armed with tear gas and stabbed someone because he was bothered…
Anti Indulgence Chassidim in Williamsburg ban Choice!!!
I have always had some existential angst when it came to the whole concept of choice. All those theories about freedom of choice and God knowing all drive me so crazy that I choose to just ignore everything and go…