Daily Archives: June 28, 2009

The Case For Jewish Settlements

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Luke Ford

Yisrael Medad writes in the Los Angeles Times: No one, including a president of the United States of America, can presume to tell me, a Jew, that I cannot live in the area of my national homeland. That’s one of … Continue reading →

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Eating Peanuts On Passover

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Luke Ford

Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman — the greatest Torah scholar of the past couple of centuries — was with the right-wing Agudah. He was not anti-Zionist but he was not Mizrachi (religious Zionist and on the more moderate end of the … Continue reading →

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Meir Kin Vs The RCC IV

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Luke Ford

Here’s a new website presenting Meir Kin’s side in this dispute: There is growing frustration in the LA Community that Ora (Organization for the resolution of Agunot, www.getora.org) and the RCC (Rabbinical Council of California, rccvaad.org), are complicit in Lonna … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Luke Ford

Just before every major Jewish holiday, you find in Jewish publications such as The Jewish Week and the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles various forms of "Season’s Greetings" aka "Rosh Hashanah Greetings" aka "Chanukkah Greetings" aka "Passover Greetings" from numerous … Continue reading →

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