I think the Duck Dynasty fiasco scares me so much because I agree wholeheartedly with both sides. As a religious person who follows an ancient, antiquated document that didn’t really keep up with the times (bigotry, idol worship, slavery, child…
Tag: religion
Thanks to Aish I now want to be a Mormon
Dear Heshy, I want you to post this, not only because it can be inspiring, but because I think it should send a thank you to Aish who was the cause of a lot of happiness and discovery over the…
Interview with an Off The Derech community leader
You may remember that guy who was trying to sell his olam habah on Ebay, but Rachmuna Litzlon AKA Ari Mandel is also one of the Off The Derech community leaders online. Between his overly active Facebook page, groups, twitter,…
People who believe in Jesus are crazy
Logic is the third rail of religion. – HaRav Rachmuna Litzlon If I had a dime for every time someone told me that other religions besides Judaism were insane, I’d be able to afford organic tomatoes. It probably started in…
Imagine an Off The Derech Utopia
Thanks to Love Equality for writing it. Imagine a Neo Hasidic community, where you can believe in evolution, the Big Bang and the FSM, you can play basketball, football and hockey, wear a t-shirt, jeans and Rashi-gatches, unlimited masturbation, loads…
What are Jewish values?
If you hang around liberal and non-Orthodox Jews for a bit you start hearing some key phrases over and over again. Tikkun Olam and Jewish Values are two that come to mind and I’ve been wondering lately about Jewish Values.…
Do you mock other religions for believing in crazy things?
There was a time in which I would bash other religions for making no sense, that was in the days before I realized that Judaism makes no sense. Of course I was born into it and the guilt and mussar…
God wants you to wear a hat – the music video
Simply amazing.
Why are you still frum?
This may be one of the most common questions I get asked from people who read my blog and I really don’t understand it much. The question is usually prefaced with “after all the crap you’ve seen or been through”…
Do you wear your yarmulke in public?
Unlike many of my friends I’m a big fan of wearing my yamrulke in public all of the time, I believe it accomplishes many things besides for wearing my religion on my sleeve. Wearing my yarmulke in public is one…
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 that he has no agenda, his agenda is to get clients and that’s why he wrote…
Atheists seem to have it so easy
Atheists really seem to have it easy. They probably don’t, but when I look at them from afar it seems to be an easy life. A life of non-believing and depending on their personalities they may be ironically called insane…
Why the OU is opposed to same-sex marriage
This quote from the OU is priceless! “In addition to our religious values — which we do not seek to impose on anyone — we fear legal recognition of same-sex ‘marriage’ poses a grave threat to the fundamental civil right…
I have a dream
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for achdus in the history of our nation. Several years ago, some great Rabbis, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today,…
Can a Jew go into a church?
I went into a lot of churches in Spain, but not once did I think I was entering a house of worship – to me they were just huge cool looking museums. Then I posted the following video (see below)…
New novel about a frum girl struggling with her sexuality
Gravity by Leanne Lieberman is a fictional story about a young orthodox girl struggling with her sexuality, it’s a simple take on the whole issue of being orthodox and gay, and ever since my friend came out of the closet…