I remember when you could judge someone’s entire family over whether or not they had a TV in the home. It used to be that TV was the most important singular factor in what yeshiva, seminary, summer camp, or shul…
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Is the Internet or TV worse for your neshama?
The Internet may be one of the first things that the Geolim can’t control, the Asifa and their constant banter about the evils that befall us on the Internet remind me of the Haskalah. Television on the other hand was…
Moetzes Gedolei Yisrael Issues Cherem Against Television Show
By Josh Friedlander Moetzes Gedolei Yisrael Issues Cherem Against Television Show (YERUSHALAYIM)- The Council of torah Sages (or Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah as it is known in Lashon HaKodesh) has issued a cherem (excommunication) against this fall’s Gossip Girl season, according…
Esther Petrack a Modern Orthodox Jewish Girl on America’s Next Top Model
Original Post Date: September 16, 2010 on finkorswim.com Tablet Magazine reports that there is a Modern Orthodox girl named Esther Petrack from Massachusetts on America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks. It’s always cool to see a fellow member of…
Television: A cry of anguish and appeal to out Jewish Brethren
We Jews have been designated by G-d to be a “kingdom of priests, a holy nation.” Unfortunately, however, in the two thousand years of our Diaspora, the nobility of the Jewish character has suffered from considerable onslaught. In recent times,…
Hasid for a Day
A few weeks ago, Matthue Roth got a gig on the set of the TV show “The Good Wife” as an extra. 1. I’ve protested so frequently about the portrayal of Hasidic Jews in movies and TV — not to…
Yankees Win 2009 World Series
I don’t really care if they do or don’t, but the noise from across the street from my buddies house was keeping me up and I realized that a whole lot of you probably care or as Michael Moore likes…