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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says Conversion Courts Too Strict
Gadi Pickholz emails: "Dude, once again it takes the Sefardi Rabbis like the Rishon L’Zion Ovadya Yosef and Rav Toledano, head of the London & Amsterdam Sephardi Bet Din, to express the voice of reason and tolerance over the charedi … Continue reading
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Tagged archenemy, ashkenazi, babylonia, chief rabbinate, concubine, gadi, halachic authority, jerusalem post, litvak, patriarch abraham, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi shlomo amar, Rabbis, rishon, sanhedrin, sephardi, talmud, timna, toledano, voice of reason
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El Al Security Questions: ‘Are these your bags? Did you convert to Judaism? Why?’
When I flew El Al to Israel in July 2000, I volunteered that I had converted to Judaism and I was happy to discuss why I had converted with the El Al security guy in front of all my friends … Continue reading
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Tagged earshot, el al airlines, israeli airport, jerusalem post, Jewish Federation, london paris, one of a group, onlookers, personal questions, private aspects, security checks, security guy, security officer, security official, security questions, strangeness, thoroughness, ticket counter, tourism ministry, york london
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European Rabbis Void Conversions Done By Rabbi Haim Druckman
Gadi emails: "Dude: It’s lucky that you are not really Jewish, because by the time the Talibanut would be finished with you, you wouldn’t even be able to be classifed as dead. See today’s papers, or failed messiah if your … Continue reading
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Tagged cast doubt, chief rabbinate, classifed, commu, concession, conversions, FailedMessiah, gadi, hellip, israeli rabbis, jerusalem post, kosher butcher, messiah, quorum, quot, rabbi moshe, rabbinical court, ritual bath, state conversion, telephone interview
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The Burka Lady Of Beit Shemesh
The guy circled is the son-in-law of the Burka lady of Beit Shemesh. From the Jerusalem Post March 27, 2008: A fringe sect of Jewish women with a Taliban-like dress code will be overcome by a major spiritual crisis after … Continue reading
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Tagged Beit Shemesh, child abuse, dress code, eda, food diet, health food, insane behavior, jerusalem post, jewish women, muslim sects, old mother, Orthodoxy, police investigator, quot quot, religious groups, safed, sect, spiritual crisis, tailspin, those women
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