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Category Archives: Rabbis
The Streits Matza Controversy
David Deutsch writes for Heeb Magazine’s blog Jewdar: Let’s first of all get some conflict of interest issues out of the way: Yes, Streit’s has been a longtime advertiser in Heeb. And yes, Heeb‘s own associate director of business David … Continue reading
The Talmudic Encylopedia Head Dead At 96
(IsraelNN.com) Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner, the long-time Director of the monumental Talmudic Encyclopedia project, passed away early Monday morning at the age of 96. Born in Warsaw in 1913, the deceased was the scion of rabbinical families in Europe. Even his … Continue reading
Tough Time On The Rabbinic Job Market
I sympathize with our future moral leaders. It’s such a difficult and lonely job. I know a rabbinics student or two who’ve landed a plum job, but the overwhelming problem facing most of the rabbinics students I know is that … Continue reading
Rabbi Daniel Brenner On Newsweek’s List Of Top Rabbis & Stephen Steinlight Controversy
I email Rabbi Daniel Brenner: As you are my new best friend, I thought I’d pose an additional two questions to you for my blog Lukeford.net. * What do you think of that Newsweek list of the top 50 American … Continue reading
JB’s Taped Conversations
Rabbi Gil Student writes: R. David Holzer published a fascinating book of his many taped conversations of R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, titled The Rav Thinking Aloud. R. Holzer was R. Soloveitchik’s assistant for a few years and carried around a … Continue reading
Jeffrey Goldberg Analyzes Newsweek’s Top 50 Rabbis
Read here. The Jewish Journal reports. Mother Nature Network reports: These days, religious environmentalism is nothing new. It’s been five years since the "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign and Evangelical Climate Initiative brought climate change into evangelical communities, and even … Continue reading
Inside Northridge’s Conservative Shul Ramat Zion
The Jewish Advocate of Boston reports Dec. 30, 2004: WHEN Congregation Mishkan Tefila of Chestnut Hill gathers next fall for the High Holy days, Rabbi Michael Menitoff will not be leading their services for the first time in 13 years. … Continue reading
Should The Orthodox Ordain Women?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: On Sunday March 21st, 2009, Rabbi Avi Weiss conferred Yoreh Yoreh ordination on his congregational intern, Ms. Sara Hurwitz. The official certificate does not use the term rabbi but instead Rabbi Weiss invented a new … Continue reading
Orthodox Women Rabbis
Moshe responds to the argument that there is no objection in Jewish law to a woman becoming a rabbi: You mention the Rav, which is ironic since it’s well documented that he objected to women even being shul president, let … Continue reading