Tag: satire

Heshy Fried admits that his blog Frum Satire mostly fake

by Heshy Fried • January 15, 2014 • 31 Comments

In the past few years, the Frum Satire Blog has exploded in readership (over 1 million unique readers in 2013 alone), but many of those readers stumble upon the page only to scratch their heads in disbelief and forward posts…

I love when people take me seriously

by Heshy Fried • October 7, 2013 • 8 Comments

I used to tag my posts as humor or satire, I stopped doing it in the name of satire, my life has been exponentially better since then. You see, I don’t really write for anyone but my self and a…

Christmas Niggun – amazing!!!

by Heshy Fried • December 25, 2012 • 9 Comments

It can’t be that famous if no one’s ever sent it to me, this is amazing!

Overnight Massive Construction Campaign in Israeli Occupied Territories Brings White House Condemnation

by Heshy Fried • September 30, 2012 • 12 Comments

Overnight Massive Construction Campaign in Israeli Occupied Territories Brings White House Condemnation 27 Sep 2012, 6:13 PM (ET) By SHANA HABBAB, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — UN Intelligence reports what appears to be a coordinated massive construction campaign by Israeli…

Is Mindy Meyer making a chillul Hashem?

by Heshy Fried • July 24, 2012 • 76 Comments

Just received this from one of my very frum fans/critics who may or may not be serious. Over a dozen people have asked me to write about Mindy Meyer and I refrained because I felt my opinions may offend some…

Chinuch Roundatble: Frum gay man wonders if it’s better to date Jews or non-Jews

by Heshy Fried • May 13, 2012 • 12 Comments

Dear Chinuch Roundtable: I’m a frum gay man. I’m not sure which is better, to date non-Jews or Jews. On the one hand I have much more in common with other frum guys, on the other hand, I feel bad…

How To Fix the Shidduch Crisis: Abort Female Babies

by David L • March 21, 2012 • 32 Comments

(Brooklyn, NY) An unprecedented call-to-action has been issued from leading Rabbis, community activists and matchmakers: For the last couple decades, the Orthodox communities have been in the grip of what some call “the terrifying Shidduch crisis”; some young women are,…

Is THIS what they’re teaching our children?!

by David L • March 13, 2012 • 32 Comments

(Jerusalem) The oilam hatorah is in an uproar following revelations at a recent gathering of veteran educators, community activists and Rabbonim. “It’s really quite shocking nobody has made a fuss about it until now,” said one askan, “this is our…

Tzfatim, Tzfatim and more Tzfatim

by David L • March 11, 2012 • 10 Comments

This post continues my letter to a disenchanted Litvak and describes the many different possible Mishechist options. I debated including these in my letter to you, Reb Yid, but judging from the customs you described in your letter and the…

Behind the Charedi PR machine

by Heshy Fried • March 6, 2012 • 11 Comments

From the outside it looks like any other home in Boro Park, even the ground floor looks like a normal home. The cherry wood bookcases containing volumes of Talmudic discussion, the glass case filled with ritual silver, right down to…

Everything you wanted to know about Mishechistim, but were afraid to ask

by David L • February 26, 2012 • 15 Comments

As my long-time readers know, my purpose in life is helping my fellow humans improve their lives spiritually, physically and occasionally metaphysically. Today, I share a letter I received from a distraught Litvak and the advice I shared with him.…

Select-o-vision Glasses Rock!

by Telz Angel • October 31, 2011 • 10 Comments

Select-o-vision glasses will revolutionize the frum world. New invention gives religious men the ability to make distasteful images invisible and see the world as they want to see it — their way. Cambridge, MA October 25, 2011 — MIT engineers…

The best one state solution for Israel

by Heshy Fried • June 27, 2011 • 21 Comments

Purim I

by DRosenbach • March 18, 2011 • 13 Comments

R’ Daniel Z. Feldman tells a story about Disney’s Aladdin being shown at NCSY Kollel once upon a time around Purim, and here’s the Dvar Torah that was told at the time:

Halachic questions for the gay man

by Heshy Fried • March 10, 2011 • 38 Comments

Believe it or not, some gay folks actually keep halacha (besides for the better to die than sleep with another man thing – but let’s be dan l’kav z’chus – who said they are acting on it-Right?) Not only do…

Getting Stoned at a Bar Mitzvah

by Telz Angel • February 9, 2011 • 61 Comments

We had another Bar Mitzvah last Shabbat. This one turned violent. The kid and a few others got stoned. No, I don’t mean high or wasted. I mean pelted. He just finished his aliyah and the crowd burst into Mazal…

US News ranks top Yeshivas

by Telz Angel • February 2, 2011 • 22 Comments

In a surprise move, US News and World Report’s annual college ranking now includes a new section for Yeshivas. Using a similar methodology for business and technical schools, the researchers collected data on acceptance rates, performance on standardized tests, opinions…

Making fun of frum gays is fair game – or so I thought

by Heshy Fried • January 25, 2011 • 98 Comments

You may have noticed that I closed the comment for the post preceding this one and that’s because of the gays, yes finally I can be a real frummy and blame something on the gays, it’s not an earthquake or a tsunami, but…

The League of Important Poskim

by Telz Angel • January 6, 2011 • 13 Comments

Did you know there is a League of Important Poskim (LIP)? Indeed there is! The LIP are the team of rabbis who make important decisions about halacha. Hint: you can list what you think those might be in the…

BRS decides to take on FrumSatire and attack the Kiruv movement.

by Telz Angel • November 15, 2010 • 25 Comments

In a move clearly targeting the FrumSatire.net blog and its satirical attacks on the Orthodox community, a cabal of anti-kiruv members of the Boca Raton Synagogue have secretly launched their own parody site designed to denigrate the frum community and attack the…

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