Posts Tagged ‘ bans ’

News Roundup – Fri. 3/5

March 5, 2010
By Berl Blackman
News Roundup – Fri. 3/5

Movies and TV were easy for the rabbis to ban. Cell phones and Internet access, not so much. According to a new Israeli study, the large scale campaign to ban cell phones with Internet…


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News Roundup – Fri. 2/26

February 26, 2010
By Berl Blackman
News Roundup – Fri. 2/26

Strawberries, the Internet, Lipa Schmeltzer, and Track 5 on Michoel Schnitzler’s latest album have all been banned. So what’s a desperate rabbi to do? Ban salmon fish, it seems. Rabbi Moshe Karp from…


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News Roundup – Fri. 2/12

February 12, 2010
By Berl Blackman
News Roundup – Fri. 2/12

The dybbuk is not real. Who would’ve thunk? An investigative report on Israeli TV claims to have unmasked the fraud behind the dybbuk exorcisms in Israel by Rabbi David Batzri and others. One…


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News Roundup – Tue. 1/26

January 26, 2010
By Berl Blackman
News Roundup – Tue. 1/26


The Bedford Avenue bike lane debate at Pete’s Candy Store last night brought a standing room only crowd – unfortunately, consisting mostly of bike lane supporters. There seems to have been no truce,…


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