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Category Archives: Hirhurim
Jewish News
From Hirhurim: The Coca-Cola rabbi: link Chassidic leaders back David Greenfield for NY City Council: link R. Menachem Porush dies at 93: link Gay and Orthodox Jewish: is there a problem?: link Religious gays helpline flooded: link Free online archive … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, chief rabbis, david greenfield, lonely jew, senator joe lieberman, seth farber
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From Hirhurim: Vatican putting wartime archives on Internet: link Martin Grossman executed in Florida: link Agudah expresses
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Tagged david greenfield, hebrew texts, j simcha cohen, jerusalem link, martin grossman, megillah reading
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From Hirhurim: The debate over the NY Times Jerusalem bureau chief: I, II A diverse new wave of kosher in Teaneck: link Survey evaluates changing Jewish community in Rochester area: link R. Shmuel Hain on the middle path of women’s … Continue reading
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Tagged anglican church, jewish priesthood, leadership link, link survey, new genetic research, ordination of women
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Female Orthodox Rabbi – The Latest Crisis In Modern Orthodoxy
Shmuel Hain, a Modern Orthodox rabbi, writes on JTA: NEW YORK (JTA) — Another month, another round of recriminations in the Modern Orthodox community. Two months ago it was a breakaway rabbinic organization established, in part, to promote decentralized conversion … Continue reading
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Tagged controversy centers, disguise, halachic approach, income tax evasion, melacha, orthodox rabbi, public pronouncements, Rabbis, tomes, x chromosomes, yated
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Jewish News
From Hirhurim: Brooklyn yeshiva students warn neighbors about house fire: link Report: Bloomberg to endorse David Greenfield for city council: link Dovid Katz’s thirst for Jewish History: link New documentary explores history of Jews and basketball: link R. Jonathan Sacks: … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion crisis, jonathan sacks, rabbi weiss, staus quo, substantive objections, yeshiva students
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From Hirhurim: OU disabilities inclusion resolution passes House: link Torah and iTablets: link The Jewish Press to host 44th district City Council debate: link Is Wikipedia good for the Jews?: link Rabbonim shlita question Jerusalem
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Tagged council debate, debate link, jewish groups, jewish press, tourism link, tropper
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From Hirhurim: Chief rabbi: Judges won’t deliberate nullifying conversions: link 1000 rabbis warn: open homosexuality in the military is a disaster and may cause further natural disasters: link More than a paycheck (note the correlation between the three types of … Continue reading
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Tagged city council campaign, Dennis Prager, emanuel feldman, greenfield city council, homosexuality in the military, open homosexuality
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From Hirhurim: R. Steven Pruzansky on the Rabba: link Gay Orthodox rabbi nudging Judaism: link Duck recall: link United Synagogue row over ‘live near shul’ rule: link Rabbinate: Room service only on plastic plates during Pesach: link Chareidi world appalled … Continue reading
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Tagged food link, Hirhurim, jewish events, orthodox rabbi, plastic plates, united synagogue
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From Hirhurim: R. Seth Farber: The new conversion law is a joke: link Rabbis request bail for convicted financial fraud perpetrator: link RCA pushing ethical kosher guidelines: link Rabbinical courts softened stance on husbands refusing their wives divorce in 2009: … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion law, joke link, kosher food industry, peace link, seth farber, torah scrolls
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From Hirhurim: Hold the presses: newspapers are competing for Orthodox readers: link Renewing the siddur: link Prediction that Mashiach will come this year (mark your calendars to see if it comes true): link R. Asher Meir on ethics and tax … Continue reading
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Tagged case link, coed college, cold shoulders, orthodox forum, slifkin, true link
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