Daily Archives: February 24, 2007

‘I Want You To Come To My Funeral Naked’

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Luke Ford

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 →

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Modern Orthodoxy

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Luke Ford

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 →

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