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I have started video blogging

February 22, 2008

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Please visit my new site for the complete blog http://frumsatire.net

Frum Satire Comedy Show: November 8 in NYC

October 22, 2007

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If you have not noticed, this site has moved to http://frumsatire.net I was recently contacted by David Klimnick, a frum stand up comedian in Israel and asked if I wanted to participate in a show he was going to be doing in New York City. At first I was excited, and then a bit nervous […]

This sites address has changed to frumsatire.net

August 8, 2007

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My new websites address is http://frumsatire.net I would appreciate it if all those who have me on their blogroll can update the address, I have emailed many of you and I am trying to get everyone over to my new site. Please note that there are only a few changes. Most notably I was able […]

Shabbos Nachamu Singles Shabbaton: Thoughts and Inquiries

August 1, 2007

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If you are wondering where the latest post went to- you have to visit my new site where all the comments are in tact and growing. http://frumsatire.net/ I could not hear the Rabbi from my seat at all, in fact I couldn’t even see him considering the fact that the lights were in romantic setting […]

Why are yarmulkes made out of their respective materials?

July 16, 2007

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Many great things that we use today were not created for their specific purposes, sometimes these items were made by mistake kind of like the Polio Vaccine, while some of these were just used in different ways then we know them today. I for one have always wondered where the materials used for yarmulkes came […]

Commentary on my second singles shabbaton

July 9, 2007

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I had a great seat with a good view of the entire shull as well as a peripheral “trying not to be too obvious I am staring at you” view, to the other side of the rather low mechitza. Actually besides the legs of the ladies that would soon be shuffling in, the view was […]

The ultimate guide to saying “Good Shabbos”

July 3, 2007

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Everyone has a different way of saying or not saying good shabbos. The mumbling men: I think the most common type of good shabbos is the mumble, this is when the person passing you feels obligated to say good shabbos but doesn’t actually want to say it, he waits till the last possible second and […]

The Catskills: a summer long sociological study of frummies

July 1, 2007

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Note: the links featured in this post are all to older posts that directly correspond to the terms used. Directly in front of me large Huts ketchup cans were stacked neatly on top of each other, their metal tops glinted off the flickering fluorescent bulbs that had probably been flickering for years due to the […]

Judging women based on their style of hair covering

June 27, 2007

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The address of this blog has changed to http://frumsatire.net Women in the frum community are judged by many things, how well they can make a kugel, how many children they can have while they are still teenagers, how fast they can roll one of those huge strollers- to shull on shabbos morning, even how rude […]

Categorizing different kasharus levels

June 18, 2007

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My buddy recently went to the Upper West Side for a shabbos of boring conversation, shallow questions and a shidduch marathon which means 3-5 dates over a weekend. He found something interesting, when he asked many people where he could take a girl to eat, being as he is not from New York, they would […]