Monthly Archives: July 2011

“You call yourselves Americans, but you’re really just transplanted Englishmen…The same God, same language, same culture and history, same songs, stories, legends, myths – but different dreams. Different dreams. So very sad.” – Col. Arthur Freemantle, Gettysburg (the movie) If … Continue reading →

I guess it was inevitable that someone would make a counter-argument (in Hebrew) to all the complaints about first-night jitters in the religious community. What’s funny is that it’s made by an ex-religious girl… So here’s the jist of her argument: The … Continue reading →

I was not very good at sports when I was a kid. No, scratch that, I sucked at sports when I was a kid. I almost always came in dead last in everything I did. I was always the last … Continue reading →

“Insanity is defined as repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result” It seems the subject of sex education in Orthodox society just won’t die. Yet another article is up (Hebrew) talking about the lack of preparation in our … Continue reading →

So…what are you doing this summer? 1) Working (like me) 2) Travelling 3) Nothing 4) Other (specify)

Back on my old blog, I wrote a frustration-filled rant about how Orthodox society is obsessed with sex, its suppression and enforcing its nature as a taboo. In response to a number of comments, I tried to flesh out some … Continue reading →

Prof. Gideon Katz’ scholarly articles on the dilemmas and tribulations of Israeli secular thinkers have served me in good stead. They provided me with a balanced, thoughtful and very informative corpus of information on the subject, which I used for … Continue reading →

Two news items appeared on the net which helped to demonstrate the next subject. One was of a grouping of “post-Orthodox” types who are getting together to discuss the abolition of religious boundaries. The other was a news item about … Continue reading →

A big reason a lot of people confuse RZ and MO is that they seem to occupy the same space in both Jewish communities – that of the “non-Charedi orthodox/religious Jews”. What these people seem to misunderstand is that while … Continue reading →