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Category Archives: Orthodoxy
Preparing For The Sabbath
From the New York Post: The johns included Wall Street types and Orthodox Jews in prayer shawls, residents said. "I’ve run into groups of four to five Orthodox Jews on Friday afternoons decked out in their talis coming in for … Continue reading
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Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy
Steven I. Weiss writes about Samuel Heilman’s new book: Orthodoxy is set to become the dominant element in American Jewry in the next two decades, if it hasn‚Äôt already. Boasting vastly higher rates for all the significant matrices of Jewish … Continue reading
Real Estate Magnate Aron Abecassis Leaving Etz Jacob
I hear Nancy Fields, former head of secular education at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, is going with him. Abecasis is the president of the board. He received a glowing portrait in the June 9, 2006 Jewish Journal: A go-getter who … Continue reading
‘I Want You To Come To My Funeral Naked’
Rabbi Michael Broyde, a dayan (rabbinic judge) in the Beth Din of America, was in Los Angeles recently and he gave a lecture presenting four cases he’d presided over. “One you’re going to hate me for,” he said at the … Continue reading
Modern Orthodoxy
Sitting in shul, I raced through Edward S. Shapiro’s (he is the father of Marc B. Shapiro) 2005 collection of essays — We Are Many: Reflections On American Jewish History And Identity. Here are excerpts of Shapiro’s essay in the … Continue reading