Tag Archives: orthodox Judaism

Of immigrants, education, fighting and mobsters

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Naomi

Long, long, long before my encounter with a classic schoolyard bully, my grandfather Jacob took ship from Paris to Boston. At fourteen years old, he was escaping the strictures of Judaic Orthodoxy — which he had reckoned was unhealthy, especially … Continue reading →

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The god problem is the war against women problem

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Naomi

“American Jews and Israeli Jews are Headed for a Messy Breakup,” an opinion by Jonathan Weisman in [the January 4, 2019] New York Times, reminded me, yet again, that any “breakup” we should be looking at isn’t between Jews in … Continue reading →

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BTW, did you notice the Taliban are moving into Israel?

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Naomi

How many paragraphs of an August 11 New York Times article on how orthodox Jews are literally pushing women off public transportation did I read before I started yelling? I think I got as far as the excerpt below. Let’s … Continue reading →

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