Having a Rebbe

I found this really interesting.

HUC Los Angeles probably won't close.

So says JTA's blog.

Orthodox Female Rapper

Cool Video...

Best article title of the day

"The great foreskin debate"

Club for growth spokesman related to the Rav?

Her name is Nechama Soloveichik. Just asking.

They don't call it swine flu in Israel...

... because that's not Kosher. Seriously. Guess what they call it?

The hypocrisy of "open orthodoxy"

A great rant, which, while I disagree with some of it, is nevertheless really good food for thought.

Pesach and Streits

Did you know that there was a movement in NY to say that all Streits products weren't kosher for pesach? Here's some thoughts on it.

Update: See the comments to the link. Los Angeles' Rabbi Korobkin responded- which shows I guess, that the linked blog is at least somewhat widely read.

Is Hinduism Avodah Zarah?

Some might not care, but if so it creates some serious problems. Read more here.

Interview about Shaindy.com

It's a NY hookup site for frum marrieds. For more about it, see here.

Here's an interview with its editor.

HUC Los Angeles to Close?

The LATimes is reporting that Reform Judaism's HUC is running out of money, so they may close up to two campuses (they have three: Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and New York).