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Can Converts Become Rabbis?
It doesn’t bother me that there is a substantial case in Jewish law against converts such as myself becoming rabbis. I never knew this until I read this post. I have fantasized about becoming a rabbi because I am obviously … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Rabbis, Torah
Tagged gil student, jewish communities, jewish family, jewish law, knowledgable, orthodox jews
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AJU Professor Yitzchak Kerem Interview Part II
Part One Luke: "How does your activism fit with your scholarship?" Yitzchak: "It complements each other. I try to be objective. I’m critical of Sephardic organizational life. I received a lot of resistance when I tried to organize a Sephardic … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Ashkenazim, Greece, Jews, Sephardim, Turkey, Yitzchak Kerem
Tagged active world, area specialists, encyclopedia judaica, gaon, jewish communities, loan fund, march of the living, sephardic world
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She Feels Disconnected From Judaism
I was talking to a frum-from-birth friend the other day who feel "disconnected" from Judaism. She’s not davening every day, she’s not saying blessings all the time when she eats, she’s not learning Torah regularly and she’s not attending shul … Continue reading
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Tagged Artscroll, bacherlor, fellow jews, female friends, frum, jewish communities, jewish law, negative feelings
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Jewish Journal Profiles Professor Kevin MacDonald
Brad A. Greenberg writes: It wasn’t until the ’90s that MacDonald began to see Jewish communities as inimical entities slowly destroying their hosts. "Jews are inevitably going to be an elite," he said. "They are smart; they are well organized. … Continue reading
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