Monday, March 31, 2008

Cross-Currents Digs Lipa!

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Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein posts "The Mistake of One-Stop Torah Shopping" at Cross-Currents. Overall, it's a good essay which ...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

From the mailbag...

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Here's some non-Lipa email... Zal forwards a link to this article about an Australian woman who pleaded guilty fatally stabbing her boy...

Lipa - The Gift That Keeps On Giving!

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The Jewish Press has another "Letter To The Editor" about the Lipa ban. This time, it's another regular JP correspondent, Ra...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A Concerted Effort

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Hirhurim asks "Jerusalem United: Why No Ban?" R' Gil wants to know why the Jerusalem United event wasn't banned. He asks:...

3/25/08 Link Dump

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Jewess posts a detailed recap of the recent Rose On Fire festival in NYC, a women-only musical event. Lenny Solomon writes "The Sheya ...

Lipapalooza

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It's now been over one month since the Lipa concert ban was announced, yet (aside from the meaningless "Hamodia" non-response ...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Purim Media

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The Klezmer Shack links to the Austin Klezmorim's definitive hipster take on tonight's story, the "Big Megillah." Awesom...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Purim News Headlines - 2008

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In the spirit of the season, we are pleased to bring you news headlines the J-media will not be bringing you. Besides, Rabbi Zev Brenner nee...

3/18/08 Link Dump

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Chaptzem Blog! has a poster for the "Bigger Better Event." The Rebbetzin's Husband posts "The BPS (Bansmanship Policies ...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Zal's Continued Response

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Zal responds again. I think his emails are of value because they are illustrative. As before, my comments are italicized. Golus…we’ve got to...

Women Should Not Be Seen, But Not Heard

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Since we've been discussing oversight of Tzedakah, Chillul Hashem, asking Rabbonim for clarification, and so on... I've written befo...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

3/12/08 Link Dump - (Lipa Free Edition)

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גלות ײד is criticizing the Forward's Yiddish. She's right, natch. That said, they're covering boutique audio gear in the Forwar...

Lipa Letters and Links

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Today's Hamodia included the following letter from Rabbi Avi Shafran entitled "Correction." In my recent article published in ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

You've Got More (Lipa) Mail - Critical Edition

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From the inbox... Heshy Rosenwasser writes: And for all those who deal in community affairs faithfully, the Holy One, Blessed Is He, will pa...
Monday, March 10, 2008

Still More Lipa...

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In positive news on the Chareidi front, Rabbi Yitchak Adlerstein posts Marvin Schick's essay at Cross-Currents and writes: For decades,...

Do These People Deserve Answers?

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This is a long post. It contains many questions and comments about the handling of the Lipa ban. I didn't write most of it, though. My o...