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A Woman Leads Kiddish At Bnai David

Reb Mimi Feigelson, who some say was the first woman ordained an Orthodox rabbi (99% of Orthodox Jews would not recognize any woman as a rabbi), led the shul kiddish one Shabbos morning three weeks back. Leading the kiddish has … Continue reading

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Agriprocessors Is Only A Pretext

I don’t know any rabbi who’s taken a public position on Agriprocessors who’s done much work verifying the facts of the case and conducting a thorough investigation. Instead, Agriprocessors is a pretext. For the chareidi, it is another example of … Continue reading

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Claiming Your Jewish Identity In Israel

Orthodox rabbi Seth Farber writes: As Anna Gostamelsky shattered Israel’s national swimming record for the 100-meter freestyle on Sunday evening in Beijing, once again demonstrating her incredible endurance, I couldn’t help thinking about another battle she has been fighting, this … Continue reading

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JConnectLA’s Tu’B’Av Party Thursday Night

The first two pictures (all my pictures are taken in lousy light with my new Blackberry Curve) are from The Eighth Day band: Michael Taviv, JConnectLA director: Helen Jupiter, managing editor of Jewcy.com, with her manly man: Luke Ford and … Continue reading

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A Rabbi’s Curious Allegations

Nathan Lewin writes for The Jewish Press:   In a front-page article asserting that minors had been hired to work in an Iowa kosher meat-packing plant and in an editorial calling the plant the modern equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The … Continue reading

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