Popular radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger said she no longer practices Orthodox Judaism. Schlessinger, whose conservative syndicated show has an audience of 12 million listeners daily, announced that she no longer keeps the mitzvot, or commandments, but still considers herself Jewish, the Forward newspaper said.
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