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‘I Have Never Forgotten You’
On Tisha B’Av, it is the Jewish way not to greet each other. As I walked around this Tisha B’Av, I kept asking myself, "How is this day different from all other days?" In Luke Ford Land, it is always … Continue reading
Posted in JConnect LA
Tagged Museum of Tolerance, orthodox rabbi, rabbi marvin hier, simon weisenthal, vip tour
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Emancipation & Enlightenment
Here’s a partial transcript of sociologist Steven Cohen’s talk July 10, 2008: Steven: "If you want to understand people, you need to know two things about them. Who do they hang out with and what do they value?" He talks … Continue reading
Posted in Steven M. Cohen
Tagged baby boom generation, emancipation, individualism, jewish parent, jewish parents, orthodox rabbi, partial transcript, quot quot, remarkable changes, social circles, steven cohen
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Orthodox Rabbi Advocates Free Love
I caught the Shabbos morning sermon by Shalhevet’s new moral leader Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach. He noted that the Talmud says the second temple was destroyed because of needless hatred (sinat chinam) among Jews. Rabbi Weinbach gave the familiar but impractical … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shalhevet
Tagged love quot, milken high school, morning sermon, orthodox rabbi, rabbi weinbach, shabbos morning
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Why People Become Orthodox
From Hirhurim: Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the inaugural Dean of Yeshiva University, Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). Rabbi Brander is also the Rabbi Emeritus of the Boca Raton Synagogue, founding dean of the Boca Raton Community Kollel, and … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged community kollel, conservative community, orthodox rabbi, palm beach counties, rabbi emeritus, religious standards
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How Would God Vote?
Nachum Lamm writes in response’s to Rabbi Gil Student’s critique of David Klinghoffer’s latest book: "Be that as it may, what about the hundreds if not thousands of years during which Jewish communities supported their local poor as collectives. Does … Continue reading
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Tagged David Klinghoffer, gil student, jewish invention, muslim population, orthodox rabbi, right wingers
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