Stephen Hirsch is a software developer and Orthodox Jew living in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Stephen Hirsch
By Stephen Hirsch
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Community 3 Reasons It’s Perfectly Fine To Call Hummus An Israeli Food
I just got back from a Shabbos spent in Monsey, New York, the first time I spent a Shabbos there in many years. When I got there in the afternoon, I davened at the Vizhnitz shtiebel (little shul), 2 houses down, because my hosts were still at the Yeshiva and I wasn’t sure where I…
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Community Seriously, We’ve Got To Stop Obsessing Over Jewish Genetics.
The Jewish world has been obsessing over genetics recently. Are we or are we not white? Has the Khazar hypothesis been conclusively disproven? All these are interesting questions that are fun to discuss, but it’s time to take a breather. Not only are the tests that tell you your ancestry less reliable than people believe…
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