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Reading The Story Of Rebecca And Isaac In The Age Of Roy Moore
According to our tradition, when Isaac and Rebecca met for the first time — in last week’s Torah portion — it was love at first sight. Rebecca, journeying back from her land with Abraham’s servant, sees Isaac from the distance and promptly falls off her camel. Rashi, the medieval French philosopher, says “she sees him…
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It’s Time We Start Talking About The Dangers Of Abusive, Angry Parenting In The Jewish Community
Jews are wringing their hands over the Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. Oy, what a shanda! Then comes an even more shocking story. Three adult sisters, raised in an ultra-Orthodox community in Australia, have accused the female principal of their former religious school of indecent assault and rape. As I read Dina Kraft’s compelling article Australian…
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Was Louis Vuitton A Nazi Sympathizer?
Visiting the new Louis Vuitton exhibit “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez”, I was struck by the way the exhibit valorizes Mr. Louis Vuitton, positioning his progress as parallel to many great technological innovations like the car and airplane. Louis Vuitton’s personal history is mythologized at the exhibit in service of the brand, with the story of the…
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Visiting My Ultra-Orthodox Brother, A World Apart
My daughter and I step out of the car into the dry heat: Jerusalem, midday, August. An oven on Turbo Grill. She wears a maxi skirt to her ankles and beseeches me to pull down my just-above-the-knee dress and tie decorative ties near my neck to cover any trace of cleavage. I poo-poo her; I’m…
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Niggun, Meet Jam Session: Joey Weisenberg May Be The Future Of Jewish Music.
Joey Weisenberg has a quiet magnetism. Standing up in front of a conservative synagogue in New Rochelle a number of weeks ago, he asked the congregants to spread out to the far corners of the sanctuary. Then he asked them to sing together. The sound was unsurprisingly tepid. But then he brought them together –…
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Karl Lagerfeld Claims Taking In Refugees Is Embracing The Enemies Of Jews
According to a report in the Times of Israel Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld evoked controversy this week when he made an appearance on French talk show Canal 8 and eviscerated German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her open borders policy. According to a translation provided by the Times, Lagerfeld said, “You cannot kill millions of Jews…
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Transgender Model Hari Nef Makes Cover Of Newly Launched Magazine
Hari Nef, one of the first transgender models signed to a major modeling agency and one of 2015’s Forward 50, is the cover star of a newly launched women’s magazine called No Man’s Land. The cover depicts a striking image of Nef clad in a high-necked, glittery dress (a dress that looks as if it…
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A Modest Uniform For Your Cleaning Help, 100% Glatt Kosher
An avid Facebook user posted a photo of an ad for a clothing company from what we can only presume is a Jewish publication. “Cleaning Help Cover Ups” the headline blares. Apparently, within the Orthodox community, cleaning help sometimes show up to work in immodest garb. Although the ad doesn’t specify what kinds of risque…
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Raising Kids Orthodox And ‘Woke’ In Face Of Pressure To Back Trump
One year after the election of Donald Trump, the Orthodox Jewish community remains conflicted. Yes, many Orthodox Jews voted for Trump. Yes, many Orthodox leaders hesitated before coming out with a critical statement of the president after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia. And no matter what #45 may do, there is this sense that his…
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Is Ivanka’s High-Necked Dress The New Power Suit?
Last week, Ivanka Trump, accompanied by the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox cable news show to discuss tax reform wearing a high-necked shift dress. Ivanka’s shift dress was worn throughout a day filled with lobbying for tax reform, including a “fireside chat” stop at the Reagan Library in California….
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WeWork Is Opening A School For 5-Year-Olds. Will It Launch A Generation Of Zuckerbergs?
If you’re a parent looking to jumpstart your 5-year-old’s entrepreneurial career, Rebekah Neumann, co-founder of WeWork, has the school for you. Neumann announced this month that WeWork — the very same company that she launched with Israeli-American husband Adam Neumann with the goal of revamping the American workplace, and now has over 110 co-working offices…
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