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Orthodox Rabbis Campaign For Proposition Eight
The more rooted you are in Judaism and Christianity and Islam, the more likely you are to vote for Proposition Eight. What surprises me is that more Orthodox rabbis aren’t urging its passage. They are not be true to the … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Rabbis
Tagged healthful effects, marriage matters, moral decline, orthodox rabbis, slippery slope, torah readings
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Which Shul Will Be The First To Get The Coveted ‘Peulat Sachir’ Hecsher For Kosher Ethics?
If the Modern Orthodox rabbis in Pico-Robertson enforce this code of ethical business conduct on their congregants, YICC and Beth Jacob will lose most of their machers. These guys work hard. They’re tough. They don’t always worry about ethical niceties … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Beth Jacob, ethical business conduct, machers, orthodox rabbis, YICC
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Are You Really Sorry?
Baltimore Jewish Times editor Phil Jacobs writes: A rabbi friend called me the other day to wish me a Happy New Year. He then told me that he thought that I was being too critical of the Orthodox rabbis. “They … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged baltimore jewish times, black hats, drugs and alcohol, millie vanillie, orthodox rabbis, phil jacobs
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Is My Blog Certified Kosher By The Orthodox Rabbis Of Los Angeles?
I heard Orthodox rabbi Yitz Greenberg say that while Israel should be more moral than other nations, if it insisted on being 100% more moral, it would be dead. It should instead strive for something achievable and survivable, such as … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged jewish standards, lashon hara, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shuls
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Jewish Action Magazine On The Rabbinic Model
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The latest issue of Jewish Action has a fascinating interview with seven veteran Orthodox rabbis on a variety of interesting topics. One issue discussed was the shtiebelization of Orthodoxy, i.e. the breaking up into small, relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged eretz yisrael, gil student, jewish action, jewish society, orthodox rabbis, shuls
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Orthodox Rabbis & Social Activism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I don’t recall where, but someone recently mentioned (perhaps in the comments here) that R. Haskel Lookstein had once declared that we should treat lettuce as non-kosher due to the treatment of farm workers. As … Continue reading
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Partisan Rabbi Claims To Be Impartial Investigator Of Agricprocessors
Failed Messiah reports: The co-leader of the rabbis’ staged visit to Agriprocessors, Rabbi Lerner claimed to be an impartial invesigator. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. We’ve shown that before. Here’s some new evidence of Lerner’s bias. … Continue reading
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Tagged forward reports, member congregations, orthodox rabbis, orthodox synagogues, umbrella group, young israel of stamford
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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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Tagged anthony weiss, chabad rabbi, conservative rabbi, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, postville iowa
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Shmarya’s Rogue Gallery Of Haredi Rabbis
He writes on Jewcy: Israel has no civil marriage or divorce, which means that every Jewish Israeli is at the mercy of the state’s rabbinic courts. During the past decade, ultra-Orthodox rabbis have wrested control of those state rabbinic courts … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi
Tagged conversion procedure, conversion to judaism, nightmare scenario, orthodox rabbis, religious zionist, rogues gallery
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Yay, Another Jewish Journal Cover Story On Gay Marriage
It feels like months since the last one. Julie Fax writes this week: While the advent of legal marriage for same-sex couples in California seems heaven-sent for some, for others it is yet another signal that earth is moving further away … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative radio host, definition of homicide, Dennis Prager, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, rabbi daniel
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