Like any scandal involving Torah Judaisms fight against the neo-cons (those liberal orthodox Jews refusing to call themselves conservadox) I followed the Yeshiva University Semicha Scandal (or debacle) with a very open mind. I watched as the Modern Orthodox Gedolei…
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Is it fair to judge Orthodoxy by scandal?
This past shabbos, the Rabbi spoke about how “frum scandal” is the new yetzer harah, he spoke about how the frum scandal is used an excuse by people who don’t want to grow in their yiddishkeit. He’s absolutely right in…
Rabbi Michael Broyde: Not the first to use fake online identity
By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Rabbi Michael Broyde, the disgraced Rabbi and professor who used fake identities online to bolster his clout, readership, support, audience, whatever people tend to do when they do that sort of thing. It…
Are you frum and off to prison? You may need to know new halachos?
The previous works of Rabbi Getzel Akum have established him as a Halachic expositor of the first order. His Mattir Issurim on the Halachos of commerce and Lo BaShamayim Hi on the Halachos of air travel remain modern classics of…
Rabbi Leib Tropper – finally a frum scandal involving sex
For all of you who don’t keep up on your daily frum community gossip columns Rabbi Leib Tropper is involved in the latest scandal to hit the frum world. Unlike the countless other scandals involving so called “frum” people, this…
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…
Fraud in the frum community: My thoughts and experiences
I am not shocked at all by the recent cases of business and money related fraud, its too bad I kind of expect this type of thing from the frum community, I am totally used to fraud, hearing about it…
Top ten signs your Rabbi was recently indicted
By Seth Galena of Bang It Out – the original Jewish comedy website Top ten signs your Rabbi was recently indicted 10 Suddenly takes on minhag to wear hat on face 9 Synagogue Charity Auction now includes “Kidney” 8 Unless…
Does wife swapping in the frum community actually exist?
I was sitting in Baltimore this week when someone brought up some sort of wife swapping ring going on in Pickwick, who told you this was my immediate response, followed with skeptical rants about everyone talking about wife swapping rings…
Should sexual abuse in the frum community be publicized?
There is nothing funny about a 9 year old girl getting molested by her supposedly ultra orthodox father, but its all over the news and quite controversial, and of course I like to have my finger on the pulse of…
Thoughts on the Twerski controversey
I have received several emails asking me what my thoughts are on the whole Twerski fiasco For those of you who do not read the NY Post or VIN, Dov Hikind has decided to try and combat this whole child…