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Category Archives: Hillel
Decoding Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy
ChatGPT says: Through Alliance Theory, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy is best understood as a donor-stabilized bridge institution whose job is to keep a broad, observant Jewish coalition intact in a low-density environment by lowering the social and moral cost of … Continue reading
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Why Did Rabbi Boruch Sufrin Suddenly Leave Hillel Harkham Hebrew Academy Last Week?
His name has been removed from Hillel’s website. He was not expecting this dismissal. I keep hearing there’s a great story here. I assume he did something ill advised with his secretary or something.
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Like Father, Like Son
Many of the contentious issues Morey Levovitz had at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy his late father Abe had at Maimonides School in Brookline, MA. Abe had a much more successful reign, however. Abe ran Maimonides for decades. Morey got pushed … Continue reading
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Hillel Publishes Gay Resource Guide
Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: Once upon a time, Jews who found Judaism cumbersome simply declared the Torah obsolete and went about their lives as they pleased. They weren’t inclined to intellectual contortions. Some “progressive” Jews today, though, choose instead to … Continue reading
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Tagged gay resource, jewish campus life, jewish religious tradition, jewish texts, sexual orientations, talmudic sage
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