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Belle Meets Belz

February 3, 2010
By Stephanie Cleveland
Belle Meets Belz

As a teenager I read an article in Cosmo about how guys with stubble like the red they can bring to a woman’s cheeks during kissing: It’s a she’s-so-tender-I’m-so-tough type of thing. The first time I saw a Chasid, his beard looked vaguely terrifying. I’ve always hated beards, macho like my Dad’s, like Hulk...
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News Roundup – Thur. 1/28

January 28, 2010
By Berl Blackman
News Roundup – Thur. 1/28


They come, they clean, they leave. Occasionally they’ll be given a few Ostreicher’s chocolate chip cookies and some apple juice in a plastic cup. (“Chas v’shulem, not from my dishes!”) But here’s


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News Roundup – Thurs. 1/21

January 21, 2010
By Berl Blackman

Yeshiva boys turning into druglords; a new book advises that attacks on non-Jews will "curb their evil inclination;" a $3 million lawsuit over a beard; and a tefillin bomb-scare causes an emergency landing.
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