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Category Archives: Israel
Forcing Israelis To Have A Religious Wedding
Historian Marc B. Shapiro blogs: It was actually the Religious Zionists who were responsible for creating the undemocratic situation in which Israel is perhaps the only country in the world in which Jews are not free to be married by … Continue reading
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How Do The Haredim Feel About The Non-Haredim?
Historian Marc B. Shapiro blogs: One of the leaders of the extremist haredim is R. Moshe Sternbuch. Here is the first page of a responsum he wrote (Teshuvot ve-Hanhagot, vol. 1, no. 816) in which he states that if a … Continue reading
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Tagged haredim, honest fashion, land of israel, Marc B. Shapiro, religious store, shafran
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Jewish Federation Los Angeles President Jay Sanderson Cancels Pamela Geller’s Sunday Morning Speech At The Federation Building On 6560 Wilshire Bl
JTA reports: “Conservative blogger Pamela Geller is lashing out at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles for what she says was its decision to cancel her Sunday appearance. Geller, a fiery critic of Muslims, liberals and mainstream Jewish organizations, … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel, Jewish Federation
Tagged intimidation tactics, jesse rosenblum, jew hatred, jewish federation los angeles, jewish federation of greater los angeles, pamela geller, steve goldberg, wilshire bl, wilshire blvd
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The Miracle Of Israel
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran writes: For me, Israel is personal. I was born as Israel’s War of Independence raged, just weeks after the state’s miraculous birth. As I lay in the hospital room with my mother, the windows shattered with the … Continue reading
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Tagged forest hills new york, galut, ingathering of exiles, orthodox communities, rabbi eliyahu safran, sacred days
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Israel’s Crackdown On Right-Wing Publications
The Jewish Press writes: Rabbi Hanan Herbst, a Chabad emissary and resident of Ma’ale Levona in the Binyamin region who returned with his wife and children Thursday morning from half a year of outreach work in India, was arrested at … Continue reading