Non-Orthodox synagogues merge (Jewish Week). An editorial asks whether Israelis would be better off without a Chief Rabbinate (Jewish Week). More letter to The Jewish Press for and against R. Natan Slifkin (Jewish Press). His response will appear next week. Yom Tov union protest outside the Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles (Jewish Journal). Agudah defends a child’s right to be observant (Forward). Animated Bible films — Veggie Tales without the veggies (Forward). Supreme Court allows tuition reimbursement for special-ed students in private school (Yeshiva World, OU IPA). Israel’s Chief Rabbinate defends its controversial new policy of allowing local rabbinates to prohibit heter mekhirah produce (Haaretz). Orthodox rabbis in Israel encourage battered women to call police (Yediot Acharonot). Yad L’Achim convinces two Jewish-Christian bloggers that their beliefs are wrong (Arutz Sheva).
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