The Vuch (Week) in Review

Well, it was quite a week, and overall, a pretty darned interesting one, even if I haven’t even picked out my pole for Festivus yet. But there was a lot of love, a lot of sharing, and no shortage of prayer haters.

We found out that a blogger can beat the Agudah.

We cheered as Andrew Krucoff, formerly a Big Aish poster boy, rebuffed the advances of Big Aish Passaic, and that he thinks I make “some good pointsâ€? in my criticism of Big Aish, and he even wants to have shabbos dinner with me to talk about it. I would really like that, and will direct him to some great Orthodox Jewish institutions that offer traditional Judaism without the creepy fundamentalism of Big Aish.

We found out that that when you delink someone because of his feigned respect for Jews for Jesus, feelings are hurt.

I now have another Orthodox Anarchist in my circle. I am not seeking a third.

We found out that Dark Light is deceptively using Holocaustism and Hillel as partners for recruitment.

We found out that NCSY doesn’t love me.

We found out that the JTS knows how to punt.

We found out that black nail polish is okay for men, provided it is l’cavod shabbos kodesh, and it’s a chick’s idea.

Tomorrow, we will understand that a specific NCSY policy for secular Jewry is pragmatically all too similar to haredi policy. Since they don’t want to mislead anyone, least of all secular Jewish parents, they won’t mind at all that I explain this policy.

Update: No less than Rabbi Gil Student credits UOJ for his role with Kolko. See comments section opposing The Canonist’s unfortunate evaluation of UOJ’s role.