Daily Archives: July 4, 2008

How Would God Vote?

Nachum Lamm writes in response’s to Rabbi Gil Student’s critique of David Klinghoffer’s latest book: "Be that as it may, what about the hundreds if not thousands of years during which Jewish communities supported their local poor as collectives. Does … Continue reading

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Ariel Teaches Daf Yomi

Robert J. Avrech writes: Today, 1 Tammuz, is Ariel Chaim’s ZT’L fifth Yahrtzeit. In honor of our son’s memory we’re publishing an excerpt from The Book of Ariel that recounts the period when Ariel taught Daf Yomi—the daily page of … Continue reading

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As Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Turns

Marc has been at the front of every development in Modern Orthodoxy for 30 years. He has been an incarnation of the movement’s various twists and turns. He has the ability to merge with his favorite thinkers. Around 1980, Elazar … Continue reading

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So What Will Rabbi Weil Do With The OU?

And what will Rabbi Weil do once he’s done with the Orthodox Union? Take Malcolm Hoenlein‘s job (as CEO of the Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations)? Run for political office? That to him might be a sell-out. I’m betting his … Continue reading

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How’s Your Fourth Of July Seder Coming Along?

I’ve heard Jews from Dennis Prager to David Suissa suggest that Americans hold Fourth of July seders. How’s yours coming along? I’ve been too busy having "dinners with a difference" (Prager’s plan to get white and black people to eat … Continue reading

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