David Kelsey

David Kelsey has been published in Forward, Heeb, Downtown Express, and The Villager, is a former editor of Jewschool, and has his own blog, The Kvetcher.

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Making Aliyah, American Style

Why would an American Jew emigrate anywhere? Why is the draw to live in Israel…

Off to the Second International Jewish Bloggers Convention

I am pleased (if a little surprised) to announce that I will be representing Jewcy…

Big Aish Denounces Missionaries’ “Deception and Slick Marketing to Appeal to Uninformed Jews”

Christian missionaries’ deceptive marketing, that is. David Linn, an administrator of the Beyond BT blog, writes in…

Former Baal Teshuvah Protests His Innocence

Today, David Kelsey released a press release protesting his innocence. Kelsey told Jewcy, “I felt…

The Blood of Some is Sweeter Than the Blood of Others

I can’t believe that as a NYC Jew, I am turning to a group called…

I Was Wrong About the Ultra-Orthodox

I have long insisted that ultra-Orthodoxy contains viewpoints that are not only contemptuous of others,…

Reform Woman Decries Big Aish Deception

Aish HaTorah is the largest ultra-Orthodox "outreach" movement outside of Chabad. But unlike Chabad, Big Aish…

The Flaw of Orthodox Kiruv (Outreach) on One Foot

The flaw of Big Kiruv is ultimately the same one that has ravaged traditional Judaism…