Tag: Jewish
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A Response On The Matter Of Child Abuse By Rabanit Yehudit Yosef [Translated]
Muting the cruel attacks / Rabanit Yehudit Yosef Subtitle: A tsunami of tears from an anonymous mother; about whom the rabbi and teacher (Rav Ovadia Yosef) said (quoting the Mishna in Nezikin/Baba Kama/Chapter 4/Verse 9) “there is no guard but a knife”; and also, silencing mechanisms continue to claim victims Description: The weekly opinion column…
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You’ve Got To Pick Your Battles
Yesterday I did a very difficult thing and removed four posts from my blog. I did it because the subject was that scandal known as “pizzagate,” and I’m not going to get into it here, and you can call me a conspiracy theorist if you want, but it is obvious to anyone with eyes that…
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That Time I Found The “Romance” Novel
In my family we did not talk about sex. Sex was dirty. Dirty people did dirty things. And we were religious, therefore not dirty. But the grownups all had ways of talking about sex, without — you know — really talking about it. For example, once I found a very explicit novel inside our bathroom, on the closed-up storage…
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Movie Review: "Mendy"
Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009O4VJSK/ref=tmm_aiv_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr= I had low hopes for this movie but was instantly shocked at just how good it was. “Mendy” isn’t a movie for everyone, but if you are familiar with the Chasidish community and Williamsburg in particular, you will instantly recognize what is going on here and why it matters. I’ve been out of New…
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i4i (Bible Rapper)
I have a sixth sense for up and coming talent: was one of the first bloggers at GovLoop, acquired by GovDelivery, just acquired for $153m. Spotted Chloe Valdary whose career is only just taking off. Lipa Schmeltzer landed Pepsi commercial. Get ready for i4i (Bible Rapper). https://lnkd.in/bajTpWk. (All opinions my own.) – By Dannielle Blumenthal,…
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About "Parnassah"
It’s weird how ideas get embedded in your subconscious. The younger you are the more I think this is likely to happen, because your brain is not developed enough to think critically. Such was the case, I think, with the Jewish term “parnassah,” meaning “to earn a living,” as it was used in my orbit.…
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The Truth About Religion At Work
We live in a time of terrible strife. This is not the fault of religion. It is the fault of religious fundamentalists and in particular those who use religion to gain power and money. I want to talk about my own personal experiences with religion at work. This is not to argue in favor of…
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Reflections on my pre-Rosh HaShanah visit with the family
This is a picture of a certificate I got in the Hebrew year תשׁמא, or 5741 (1980) when I was 9 years old. My father found it in the attic. Apparently as a kid I dragged the family to 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights to get a blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe and at that…
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Rabbinic Sexism Is Not Religious
Here is a screenshot photo from a video posted to Facebook July 7, 2016 by Israeli nonprofit group Women of the Wall. It shows religious men ripping up the prayerbook, to applause and cheering, of a group of women who have gathered to pray at the Western Wall, the only remnant of the holy Jewish…
2016 Diary - Dannielle Blumenthal 