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The Top Five Mizrachi Rabbis In Israel
What is Mizrachi? It is religious Zionism. Rav Mordecai Eliyahu would have to be number one. Then Haim Drukman, Yaakov Ariel, Aharon Lichtenstein, She’ar Yashuv Cohen (the Rav of Haifa and the son of the Nazir of Jerusalem David Cohen), … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged aharon lichtenstein, eliyahu, high school students, israel god, jerusalem post, marriage registration, matthew wagner, mizrachi, Modern Orthodox, mordecai, nazir, rabbinic ordination, Rabbis, yeshivot
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Aish HaTorah’s One Year Anniversary In Tel Aviv
From The Jerusalem Post: "Everyone finds their way to Tel Aviv," enthused Rabbi David Ziering last week, as Aish HaTorah Tel Aviv celebrated its first anniversary, ironically enough, in Jerusalem. Although Aish HaTorah has long been known as one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aish HaTorah, glaring omission, jerusalem post, mainstream judaism, observant jews, rabbi david
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Conservative Movement Joins Fight Against Kapparot
From the Jerusalem Post: The Masorti (Conservative) Movement will join forces with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – Tel Aviv to fight against the Jewish custom known as kapparot that involves slaughtering chickens as a way … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, jerusalem post, native english speaker, prevention of cruelty to animals, rabbi yosef karo, slaughtering chickens
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The Jewish Press Interviews Rabbi Gil Student
From Hirhurim: The Jewish Press has an interview with me this week (link). Here’s an excerpt and you can read the whole thing at the source: In the world of Orthodox blogs, few are as popular as Hirhurim.blogspot.com, run by … Continue reading
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Jewish Press Limps Along
From The Jerusalem Post: Mark Joffe, executive editor and publisher for the Jewish Telegraph Agency, painted a bleaker picture. His organization services more than 90 client Jewish newspapers, and some have either folded, switched from a weekly to a monthly … Continue reading
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Tagged american jewish press, american jewish press association, financial constraints, jerusalem post, jewish newspapers, jewish telegraph
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Celebrating Lag B’Omer With Bonfires
"How is that good for Los Angeles?" I thought when I was reading a press release for a Lag B’Omer bonfire Monday night. "We have bad air pollution in LA and bonfires will only add to it. What will the … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Hirhurim, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged air pollution, bonfires, chasam sofer, chopped liver, goyim, jerusalem post, lag b omer, lag baomer, unnecessary pollution
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Hebrew Union College Keeps Open Its LA Campus
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Cincinnati and Los Angeles campuses of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion will stay open, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Discussions had been under way to close the two campuses of the Reform movement’s … Continue reading
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Ban Dropped On Women Delivering Eulogies
From The Jerusalem Post: A rabbi in northern Israel who came under attack for what some called blatant male chauvinism agreed this week to stop reproaching women for eulogizing their deceased loved ones. Haim Adani, Rabbi of Elyachin, a town … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Orthodoxy
Tagged funeral procession, jerusalem post, jewish wisdom, male chauvinism, national jewish center, orthodox jew
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Making Conversion To Orthodox Judaism Easier
From The Jerusalem Post: United Torah Judaism’s rabbinic leadership is expected to meet on Wednesday night to discuss a possible compromise in proposed conversion reforms that would allow the party to join the government coalition. The meeting is slated to … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Gary Rosenblatt, Orthodoxy, Reform Judaism
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