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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Where’s The Love For Emmanuel Rackman and Eliezer Berkovitz?
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: David Singer recently wrote an interesting article on Rabbi Emanuel Rackman.[3] With the recent passing of Rabbi Moses Mescheloff,[4] Rackman, born in 1910, might be the oldest living musmach of RIETS. If this is so, … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged eliezer berkovits, emanuel rackman, hebrew theological college, rabbi eliezer, rabbi emanuel, rabbi moses
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The Rabbi & The Documentary Hypothesis
From the Search For Emes: A guest at my house told me that a well known professor at a well known institution (sorry, can’t say who) told him that he asked a well known chareidi abbi (sorry can’t say who) … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged dh, documentary hypothesis, rabbi
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Toronto’s Orthodox Jews Leaving For New Jersey
John Lorinc writes: In a spare living room furnished with a bookshelf of Hebrew texts and special silverware for religious occasions, Rabbi Jacob Hirschman, 71, tallied up the locations of his grown children. The two youngest, he says, still live … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged bathurst area, devout jews, hebrew texts, judaic study, population boom, rabbi jacob
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Hallmark’s CBS pic is ‘Unorthodox’
From the Hollywood Reporter: Lauren Ambrose, left, Adam Kaufman (Getty Images photos) Lauren Ambrose and Adam Kaufman lead the cast of "Unorthodox," a new Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for CBS. Susie Essman, Ricki Lake and Mercedes Ruehl co-star in … Continue reading
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Tagged getty images, levirate marriage, loving leah, mercedes ruehl, susie essman, widow leah
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