Dear Heshy, I have a predicament which I’m sure you can help me with. I grew up frum, fairly yeshivish by some standards and then during my year in Israel I decided to go off the derech. I have since…
Tag: letter to the editor
Why frum Jews should vote for Obama
It is quite seldom that anyone of the frum ilk has anything nice to say about Obama, he seems to be whatever the opposite of moshiach is for most frum Jews. So when I received the following email I jumped…
Dear Heshy: I was perturbed by your Far Rockaway articles
So I got a complaint via email today and I wish I received more of these. Most of the critics just make simple comments or write hateful things on my facebook wall, I am inclined to agree with most of…
Dear Heshy: I’m looking for a new shul in New York
I stumbled upon your “Best of Shul Awards” piece in Googling Bnai Jacob (i.e., the Park Slope Shul), and, seeing that you are an expert shul reviewer, figured I would hit you up for some advice. As a disclaimer, I am not frum,…
Modern Orthodox and Frummies operate on the same principles
This was sent to me by a lawyer in NY who started a correspondence with me a few weeks ago and in his initial email to me he called me a virtuoso. I’m honored and the insights he shares below…
Dear Heshy: Frum Porn saved my neshama
Dear Heshy, My marriage was dull, my kids were always acting up, my job sucked and I didn’t like the basement apartment in Monsey much. The only freedom I seemed to have was in my office, where I would bide…
I used to be a frum Christian and now I want to convert to Judaism
Heshy, Although I’m not Jewish I’ve been keeping track of your blog for a while now and it’s helped me map out the orthodox landscape. You seem to be a guy who’s conversant with the world of ideas so I…
Dear Heshy: what do you think about non-kosher gum, shomer negiah and body piercings?
Dear Heshy, Hi, my name is Wished to remain anonymous. I am a big (not as in size) fan of your Frum Satire blog. I first stumbled on it about a year ago when a friend showed me your posts…
Letter to the editor: Frum Satire was never frum
By Lurker that never comments Every time Heshy decides to share with us some insight into his daily hashkafic struggles people go ape shit, they start to complain that he isn’t frum anymore and that his blog isn’t frum and…
Letter to the editor: Wife Swapping in the frum community
Hi Heshy. I was reading a blog of yours about the so called ‘wife swapping’ going on in the frum world. I think you’re a very funny and intelligent guy, but I was deeply upset at the insensitivity of the…