Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Haredi Women
When I first met Woman #1, I was convinced she was cold and kind of mean. She spoke with a certain coldness and rarely looked me in the eyes.
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The Chassidus of Mister Rogers
Shoshana Zohari, an awesome blogger over at Sustainable Jewish Schooling has graciously submitted this beautiful guest post. As many of you know, I’ve recently been raving about Mr Rogers, and I’m very happy to have a post about him here. Enjoy.
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Jews Are Peculiar
I have thought before about the fact that many Jews have this strange look and way about them. How terrible, how racist, how politically incorrect, I know.
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Everything Is A Gift
How moving to Israel (and back to America) helped me appreciate the gift of life.
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The Best Jewish Rap Album Yet
A few weeks ago, a Jewish rap album, Jenerous Skillz, was quietly released by Uneek Media, a Jewish-run and themed record label.
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3 Reasons Having Lots Of Kids At A Young Age Is Awesome
The following are my top three reasons for having children. Selfish reasons. Reasons I would do it again at this age, or younger, even if I wasn’t religious.
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Wanna know what the Chabad life is like (in GIF form)?
The beauty of Chabad and Chabadniks is that they, even if it’s on their own, in some rogue fashion, find a way to elevate most everything they come in contact with.
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The Self-Destructive Nature Of “Off The Derech” Anger On The Internet
Until the off the derech movement learns to build rather than destroy, they will remain on the fringe, only hurting others and never building anything worthwhile.
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Don Draper Is A Tzadik
A guest post by Lorelai Lehrer: “Don Draper – tzadik? What could be a more intriguing twist in the story – and what is more appealing than a character that struggles to overcome his dark side and comes out into the light?”
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On Respecting Chaya (And All Baal Teshuvas)
When other Jews put down Chaya and other baal teshuvas, it stinks of self-righteousness, it’s patronizing and it’s disrespectful. Essentially, it attempts to invalidate anything we say about the religion we’ve committed our life to.
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