Category Archives: Rabbis

LA Rabbis Spend Week In Israel

The Jerusalem Post reports: Many of the rabbis agree, however, that some of the most valuable moments of the trip happen between planned events, when they have a chance to meet and get to know one another on bus and … Continue reading

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Corruption Informant In New Jersey Admits Guilt

From the Wall Street Journal: Solomon Dwek, whose secret cooperation in a New Jersey corruption and money-laundering probe led to criminal charges against 44 people, pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud and money-laundering charges. The plea by Mr. Dwek, a … Continue reading

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Rabbi Intervenes When Israeli Basketball Coach Won’t Leave After His Second Technical Foul

From the New York Times: Sometime during the 10-minute discussion in front of the visitors’ bench, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, with a long white beard, a black hat and a black coat, crossed the court from his seat to intervene. … Continue reading

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Rabbi Hecht Says Rubashkin Will Be Vindicated

From Chabad.info: Activist and President of The National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education Rabbi Shea Hecht declared on the Dov Hikind show last night that embattled businessman Sholom Rubashkin will be vindicated. Rabbi Hecht strongly argued that the Rubashkin case … Continue reading

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How Rabbis Can Become Relevant

Rabbi Shumley Boteach writes: Speaking at a Rabbinical Conference in the American South this week, I made myself instantly unpopular by pointing out how irrelevant we Rabbis have become. How many parents push their kids to be Rabbis? Sure. If … Continue reading

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Rabbis Want A Role In Everything In Jewish Life

From The Forward: Despite a New York judge’s recent condemnation of the practice, several national rabbinic leaders said they thought Orthodox rabbinic courts should continue to screen allegations of sexual abuse and decide whether they should be forwarded to law … Continue reading

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The Love Rabbi

Dan Adler writes in the Jewish Journal: I met Rabbi Yitzhak Dovid Grossman three weeks ago in a beautiful apartment across from the Western Wall. We stood at the window and looked out at some 5,000 kids preparing to say … Continue reading

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My Rabbi Does Good

The first rabbi I became close to was Rabbi Aaron Rubinger of Congregation Ohev Shalom in Orlando, Florida. I moved to Orlando in August 1993, shortly after my initial conversion to Judaism earlier that year through a Reform rabbi in … Continue reading

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One Way To Get Rid Of A Rabbi

Dr. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Speaking of rabbis who were chased out of their communities, let me repeat what I heard from the late Rabbi Louis Jacobs.[13] This story is not documented anywhere, but is something that Jacobs no doubt … Continue reading

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The Chemical Method Of Studying Talmud

Dr. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: The Ridbaz’ attack on the Brisker method is well known. In the introduction to his responsa, Beit Ridbaz (Jerusalem, 1908), Ridbaz writes as follows: A certain rabbi invented the "chemical" method of study. Those in … Continue reading

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