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Monthly Archives: October 2008
‘The Story of Rabbi Yehuda Amital’ by Elyashiv Reichner
Yair Sheleg writes: Over the years, Rabbi Yehuda Amital, head of the Har Etzion hesder yeshiva (where students combine compulsory military service with their Talmudic studies) in Alon Shvut, has become one of the rabbis that even secular Jews (including … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged amital, compulsory military service, political spheres, rabbi yehuda, secular jews, sunny personality
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The Bomb That Healed Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city’s nervous Jewish community to embrace the civil rights movement. Members of The Temple gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Jews
Tagged civil rights movement, community outrage, jacob rothschild, rabbi jacob, racial equality, temple member
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What Would The Talmud Do?
From Time.com: Would the current financial crisis have been avoided if traders followed Jewish traditions embodied in the Bible and the Talmud? Two scholars from the Conservative and Orthodox branches of the Judaism are suggesting just that. They also conclude … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged business literature, jewish torah, new york college, orthodox rabbi, oxford university press, Yeshiva University
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Finding Israel In A Howling Wasteland
Joey Kurtzman and I discuss Torah portion Haazinu.
Should We Judge JFK For Using Women Sexually?
Joey Kurtzman and I discuss Torah portion Haazinu. Complete video here.
Posted in Torah
Tagged jfk, joey, kurtzman, torah portion
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