Category Archives: Jewish Education
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Finally, American-style Haredism makes incursions into Israel
Leave a commentMay 9, 2013 by pitputim
I’ve been impressed with what I’ve read about and from Rabbi Dov Lipman (an alumnus of Ner Yisrael in Baltimore) …
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Raglayim LeDavar (i.e. prima facie case to answer)
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2013 by pitputim
In an amongst a previous post, I received the following comment (which I have slightly edited) … and no, there …
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R’ Nochem Zalman Gurewicz ז’ל
9July 30, 2012 by pitputim
This last Shabbos, I was in two minds concerning which Shule to attend. Generally, I daven at Elwood Shule …
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Hellish Education?
3June 19, 2012 by pitputim
[Hat tip Ezra] I understand I’m exposed. I understand that I am secularly educated. I understand that I’m not cloistered …
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The impending gathering about the Internet at Citi Field
Leave a commentMay 17, 2012 by pitputim
Most of us will be aware that certain sections of Charedi Judaism (who call themselves כלל ישראל) are organising an …
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The truth will come out
Leave a commentMarch 15, 2012 by pitputim
Various sprinklings of disinformation, sock puppeting and outright lies find their way across the internet about the court case where …
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Redressing the Charedi imbalance
3February 16, 2012 by pitputim
I received a link to a video which explicates the positive acts performed by Charedim (hat tip Moshe) It’s important …
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Some klezmer and more
4January 20, 2012 by pitputim
Hat tip to Abe. I enjoyed this performance though I’m not the world’s greatest Klezmer fan. While I was watching, …
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Free english translation of the Talmud
Leave a commentJanuary 11, 2012 by pitputim
My cousin in Ra’anana’s husband, R’ Reuven Brauner, has assiduously reformatted the original Soncino English translation of the Gemora. This …
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An education revolution?
2August 31, 2011 by pitputim
[Hat tip to Dovid] The following, is my free translation of a statement issued by Rabbi Yosef Avrohom Heller, Rosh Kollel of Crown Heights and one of the …
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