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Daily Archives: July 29, 2008
Modern Orthodox Rabbis Try To Run Around Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
From Haaretz: Orthodox rabbis from the United States and Israel intend to set up an Orthodox court system as an alternative to Israel’s rabbinical courts and to the rigorous norms for conversion to Judaism imposed on U.S. rabbis. Rabbi Marc … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged chief rabbi shlomo amar, chief rabbinate, conversion crisis, rabbi shlomo amar, rabbi shlomo riskin, rabbinical council of america
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Exhausted By Islamic Anti-Semitism
Leon Cohen writes: Most useful will be “The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History” written and edited by Andrew G. Bostom (Prometheus Books, $39.95). Bostom’s book is both exhaustive and exhausting, a tome of some 766 … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
Tagged book passages, Dennis Prager, prometheus books, prophet mohammed, rabbi joseph telushkin, tall pages
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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says Give Agriprocessors A Chance
He writes to the Jerusalem Post: Uri Zedek is a burgeoning Orthodox social action group paralleling Maagalei Zedek in Israel. It insists that kashrut and yashrut, ritual concern and ethical sensitivity, go hand in hand. I am proud to … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors
Tagged jerusalem post, meatpacking plant, moral ambiguity, ohr torah stone, rabbi shlomo riskin, social action group
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Rabbi Hillel Goldberg Finishes His New Book On The Vilna Gaon’s Thoughts On The Mikveh
From the Rocky Mountain News: It’s Sunday morning in the rabbi’s office, and in his hands Goldberg holds his new 494-page book, Hallel Hakohen. Goldberg has written other books. As editor of the Intermountain Jewish News, he writes all the … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged definitive treatise, hillel goldberg, intermountain jewish news, rabbi hillel, rocky mountain news, vilna gaon
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Chief Rabbi Addresses Anglicans
FROM THE TIMES OF LONDON: Almost all of Britain’s social problems are caused by a loss of religion, the Chief Rabbi told Anglican bishops last night. Societies without religion disintegrated and people succumbed to depression, stress, eating disorders and alcohol … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged anglican bishops, jonathan sacks, lambeth conference, new information technologies, sir jonathan, worldwide anglican communion
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