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Where Are The Charedim On Newsweek’s Most Influential Rabbis List?

All the orthodox rabbis are Modern Orthodox. Tarfon writes on Jewcy: There seems to be a substantial LA-centric bias to the "influential" list.  In what sense is R’ Hier influential?  Does anyone outside of LA know or care about the … Continue reading

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What Is The West Coast Rabbinical Court?

I think it is for Sephardic Jews. It is run by Rabbi Gavriel Cohen whose claim to fame is his ability get divorces from men reluctant to give their wife a get (Jewish divorce) so she can remarry. I believe … Continue reading

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Standing In Unity At Sinai Temple

David Suissa writes in the Jewish Journal: The second event that has fueled my optimism happened at my friend Rabbi David Wolpe’s Sinai Temple. For those of you who were around about seven years ago, you might remember that a … Continue reading

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New Edition From Yeshiva University’s Newspaper

Rabbi Gil Student writes: Fascinating articles in a new issue of Kol Hamevaser (link): Was the Rav a Tsaddik? In Search of Modern Orthodox Saints by Noah Greenfield Shemittah: From the Theoretical to the Practical by Abby Atlas WikiTorah by … Continue reading

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