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Monthly Archives: August 2008
The Wars of Torah
Jonathan Rosenblum writes for The Jerusalem Post: Teenage haredi girls receive a secular education that is on a par with, and likely superior to, the average student in the state education system. Increasingly, haredi women are going into hi-tech, accounting … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Israel
Tagged golan heights, high school math, Jonathan Rosenblum, sexual peccadilloes, state education system, utter indifference
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Rushing To Judgment On Agriprocessors
I have one quibble with Rabbi Avi Shafran’s essay. He seems to equate getting the results from a government investigation with getting the facts. I wonder why a government investigation is more intrinsically likely to get the facts than a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Journalism
Tagged Agriprocessors, gross mistreatment, human fingers, meatpacking industry, meatpacking plant, postville iowa
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Jewish Bloggers Conference Aug. 20 In Jerusalem
I don’t have a side in any of the debates in this article. I just have one opinion: Some people decided to create an event (Nefesh B’Nefesh Jewish Blogger Convention) for Jewish bloggers to come together. A sponsor was found … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged failed messiah, first glance, haaretz, kind of madness, orthodox judaism, orthodox religion
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Orthodox Rabbis & Social Activism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I don’t recall where, but someone recently mentioned (perhaps in the comments here) that R. Haskel Lookstein had once declared that we should treat lettuce as non-kosher due to the treatment of farm workers. As … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged gil student, orthodox rabbis, reform rabbis, scholarship books, social activism, social consensus
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Is It The Job Of Kashrut Rabbis To Make Sure That Workers Are Fairly Paid?
Nobody has the wisdom to decide what is fair pay outside of the employer and employee who come to a deal. If an illegal immigrant will work for $2 an hour, then that is fair pay. Nobody is putting a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Rabbis
Tagged illegal immigrant, illegal immigrants, market letters, public pronouncements, rabbi shmuel, rabbinic ordination, rabbinical council of america
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