Tag: religious world
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How To Create A Successful Jewish Blog (Part 1): Design
I’ve decided to create a series of blog posts dedicated to helping Jewish bloggers take their blogs to the next level. This is the first of the series, focused on design.
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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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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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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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Distractions
It’s beautiful to see that Jews care, that they’re passionate and they want so badly to change the world. There’s no bigger testament to the fact that we are the chosen people. But it’s also ugly.
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New York City And Israel: The Holy Connection
I never really got New York. It always seemed to be so fast, and so crazy and everyone seemed just a little full of themselves. Who in their right mind would want to live here, my Midwestern mind would wonder. I’d have a heart attack.
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The (Jewish) Problem With Social Media
Social media, in so many ways, is an amazing thing. For all the dung that gets thrown at it, its powers are almost unrivaled compared to any other tool on the internet. We’re talking about a beast that helped topple multiple governments. That makes people famous overnight. That gives people who never had a voice…
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Free The Jewish Artist!
Is it possible to be creative and still be a Jew? Can I, a person filled with this passion in my heart – a passion that is alive, breathing, on fire – translate that passion into a piece of art without compromising my principles?