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Jonathan S. Tobin Leaves For Commentary Magazine

From The Jewish Exponent: The editor of the Jewish Exponent, Jonathan S. Tobin, will be leaving the newspaper to become executive editor of Commentary magazine. Bennett L. Aaron, chairman of the Jewish Publishing Group said in a statement: "We thank … Continue reading

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An UnOrthodox Dip In The Mikveh

From the Jerusalem Post: The Orthodox establishment’s ban on non-Orthodox converts and brides using state-funded mikvaot (ritual baths) is a desecration of God’s name, Rabbi Barry Schlesinger, the newly reelected president of the Masorti (Conservative) Movement’s Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, … Continue reading

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I Like Amy’s New Picture

From her new blog: She’s got that classic Sophia Loren-thing going. Amy Klein is the writer of "True Confessions of an Online Dating Addict." Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, MSN, NPR, The … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Rabbinate Attacks Restaurant Blacklist

From JPost.com: The Chief Rabbinate in Jerusalem and a group of capital restaurant owners have threatened to sue a rabbinic organization that published a damning report on the state of kashrut supervision in the Holy City. Kosharot, an organization based … Continue reading

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Small Business Barely Surviving In Israel

Gadi Pickholz emails: "So much for Nefesh B’Nefesh propaganda. The actual 3-5 year later success rate of American aliya has hit abysmal new depths of failure, despite more coming. There was likely a larger contingent of former Americans returning to … Continue reading

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The History Of Mixed Seating

Rabbi Shlomo Brody writes in the Jerusalem Post: The controversy over mixed seating was undoubtedly one of American Jewry’s most controversial and divisive issues. Since both the Orthodox and Conservative movements claim allegiance to ancient practice, some tried to resolve … Continue reading

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Hormonal Judaism Vs Mind Judaism

Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: There is good kiruv and there is bad kiruv. After reading ‘You’ve been Aish’d…’ in the Jerusalem Post, even the bad kiruv starts to look better. It is a piece that alternates between silliness and shallowness. … Continue reading

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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says Give Agriprocessors A Chance

He writes to the Jerusalem Post:   Uri Zedek is a burgeoning Orthodox social action group paralleling Maagalei Zedek in Israel. It insists that kashrut and yashrut, ritual concern and ethical sensitivity, go hand in hand. I am proud to … Continue reading

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Guilty Plea In Spinka Case

My favorite headline on this comes from the UPI: "Banker Admits Fraud, Rabbi To Follow." From the Jerusalem Post: A Tel Aviv-based banker with United Mizrahi Bank pleaded guilty to setting up secret bank accounts in Israel that, prosecutors say, … Continue reading

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The ‘Tolerant’ Rabbi Druckman Vs. The ‘Hard-Hearted’ Haredim

Jonathan Rosenbloom, who is charedi, writes: Rabbi Avraham Sherman, author of the Rabbinical High Court decision, served for many years as an IDF rabbi, and once spent a sabbatical at Yeshiva University, the flagship institution of modern Orthodoxy. Another one … Continue reading

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