Monthly Archives: February 2008

Being thin is not like giving charity

Posted on February 20, 2008 by

A brief response to Daniella: First, being thin is not the moral equivalents of giving charity. “Thinness” actually has no moral value at all. Second, it seems to me that if modesty was actually about not standing out,  it would … Continue reading →

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Modesty is a dirty word.

Posted on February 19, 2008 by

A few weeks ago a story surfaced about Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel wearing a garment a kin to a “burka” as a way of up-ing the anti on modesty. The original Haartz article on this issue is in Hebrew, … Continue reading →

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The one who teaches his daughter math is teaching her to lasciviousness

Posted on February 14, 2008 by

The modern day version of “the one who teaches his daughter Torah is teaching her lasciviousness” (Talmud, Sotah 20a) has arrived. An article in the Seattle Times links an increase in education for girls to an increase in drugs, alcohol … Continue reading →

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