Category Archives: Rabbis

Rabbis Thirsting For Honor

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Luke Ford

I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. I was a preacher’s kid. I knew dozens of clergy. Almost all of them said they felt a divine call to become a pastor. By contrast, I don’t know any rabbis who felt a … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival Rejects Important New Documentary About Rabbinic Sexual Abuse

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Luke Ford

How can L.A. festival chief Hilary Helstein continue after this? She’s a disgrace. How can she reject this new film recently written up in the Washington Post? Hilary Helstein Is Hilary right when she says this is a community that … Continue reading →

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Should We Look To Rabbis For Temporal And Political Guidance?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Luke Ford

Jonathan Baker writes: This is a set of summaries of a series of six lectures on the teachings of Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik zt”l by Rabbi Aaron Rothkoff-Rakeffet at Lincoln Square Synagogue from 7 June to 12 July 1993. … Continue reading →

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Yosef Shalom Elyashiv – The Greatest Sage Has No Relationship With His Children

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his third lecture for Torah in Motion on the R. Eliezer Berkovitz, professor Marc B. Shapiro says in 2010: “One of you wants to know if I have read the new biography of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. “This is … Continue reading →

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There Are Parts Of The Talmud We Don’t Want Non-Jews To See

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Luke Ford

In his second lecture for Torah in Motion on the Chatam Sofer, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “The Chatam Sofer gave his approval for the Talmud to be translated into German. What were the objections of the other rabbis? They … Continue reading →

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