New in Jewcy: The Sexy Rabbis and Saber-Rattling Politicians of Buenos Aires |
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by Joey Kurtzman, March 26, 2007 |
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Finally, an image to burn Yentl out of my head. David Shneer wraps up his voyage thro
They're So Over Her: In Buenos Aires, girl Torah scholars don't have to dress like boy Torah scholarsugh Jewish Buenos Aires with a stop at Belgrano (Latin America’s answer to the Upper West Side) and goes to services led by a smoking-hot female rabbi in a clingy green dayglo shirt and painted-on black pants. No wonder the shul was full of teenagers. Jewish continuity may not be as tricky as it seems.
Plus, there’s some stuff relating to the 15th anniversary of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy, and about how Argentinian Judaism has influenced American Judaism, stuff like that.
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Joey Kurtzman was president of Jewcy Partners, LLC, and co-founding editor of Jewcy.com. Prior to joining Jewcy he was an on-air contributor to Ireland's political and cultural radio program, The Wide Angle. He lives in Los Angeles with More... |