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…
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Finally, a chillul Hashem caused by modern orthodox people
In a rare moment of achdus, Ultra-Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews rejoiced at the news that a Modern Orthodox group had finally made a chillul hashem. Apparently, the Yeshiva of Flatbush class trip took a detour when the students and chaperone…
Modesty Hotline: Here come the honor killings
Television was easy to deal with, you didn’t need it for work, you could hardly justify it as an educational tool, and there were plenty of folks like me who had bumper stickers that said “kill your television”. The internet…
It’s now untznius to mention a kallah’s name
I’m not sure how they do it in Baltimore (the person who sent this to me informed me that the kollel has a policy against mentioning women’s names), but when I was in yeshiva and someone got engaged, they always…
If you can’t control your evil urge, don’t blame it on the women!
I’m sick of the Ultra Orthodox community trying to use tznius as a tool for mistreating women, if the men can’t control their evil urges to jump women who want to leave their homes, maybe the men should start staying…
Why you should care about the Charedim
It used to be that whenever I made fun of the Charedim (the one’s in Israel who start riots when the parking lot is open on shabbos or that want the women to sit in back of the bus) I…
Charedi technology to fight the war on pritzus
Now that we have blurry glasses, kosher phones and internet chavrusas to aid in the war on pritzus I was wondering what other technological innovations the Charedi world might come up with to stay one step ahead of those women…
Is this Antisemitic or just the facts we don’t want to hear?
This is a video about the growing problem of Charedi extremism in Israel, it’s an acknowledged problem by most orthodox Jews, but have you ever wondered what it looks like to the outside world? The Jewish reaction to this video…
You need to watch Pearl Perry Reich debating Shmuely Boteach on Dr. Phil
I just watched the infamous Pearl Perry Reich video on You Tube and as was discussed a couple weeks ago, Rabbi Shmuely Boteach was quite embarrassing and PPR is actually quite commendable. My favorite part of the 2 videos is…
Ultra-Orthodox Facebook is a big hit with frum gays
In an effort to stem the temptation of mingling between the sexes, ultra orthodox Jews have created FaceGlat, the worlds first kosher social networking site where members can only be “friends” with their same gender. Not surprisingly the site has…
Frum or Not App
The frum or not app from Israel is super cool, I wish I would have thought of it first – it could have been the frum satire app that one of my programming buddies said he would create for me…
A personal account of the events in Bet Shemesh
By: Etana Hecht As many of you know, this past week in Bet Shemesh has not been pleasant one. For those of you who have been hearing bits here and there, or reading articles in the press, I’d like to…
Have you seen the Chassidish South Park? Funny or offensive?
The email I received which informed me about this series of videos told me they were offensive, but I found them hilarious and I’m sure we can have a good debate about whether making fun of anti-zionist ultra orthodox Jews…
Is orthodox Judaism sexist?
Of course it’s sexist by today’s lackluster ethical morally depraved standards, we have dropped so far down the moral scale in the last 50 years that anything remotely reeking of religion is automatically shoved into the sexist closet. Ever since…
Ultra orthodox Jews want separate playgrounds
Separation of the sexes isn’t just for weddings and sidewalks anymore. The latest call for separation of the sexes comes from the playground as Ultra Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, NY have become frightened at the thought that their children are playing…
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…
Handshaking with the opposite sex for business purposes is not kosher
It has been debated amongst all sects along the spectrum of Jewish Orthodoxy for years as to whether shaking hands with the opposite sex is kosher. In past years, it has been thought that shaking hands for business purposes was…
Changing your yarmulke style is not that easy
Yarmulkes are kind of like TV remotes, you lose them once in a while and go freaking crazy. Our TV remote would get lost in the weirdest of places, mostly because, in our family retaining control of the “flicker” meant…