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Journalists Love Indifference
There’s no emotional quality that journalists prize more in their subjects than indifference. When you deal with people who react in a volatile way to what you write about them, you can’t help but think they are emotionally weak. Think … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged Abner Weiss, artson, avi weiss, David Rue, emotional quality, joseph telushkin
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Avi Weiss Agrees To Not Ordain Female Rabbis
From Hirhurim: Reform rabbis suggest interfaith couple blessingslink Ancient Cairo synagogue reopened: link Nefesh B
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged avi weiss, david greenfield, japan link, parasite causes, snow link, uproar
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The Ordination Of Women As Orthodox Rabbis
I’m told: There are many aspects to this and I do not believe that any one or two people can change things on their own. Orthodox Judaism is a religion of consensus. Sometimes ideas are discussed for decades before they … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged avi weiss, ordination of women, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, rav, sephardic world
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Lakewood Changes The Way It Deals With Molestation
These links are from Hirhurim: Lakewood changes how it deals with molestation: link Jewish convert comedian: link R. Stephen Pruzansky on Left Wing Modern Orthodox rabbis: link Note the second yahrtzeit — that’s the controversial R. Azariah De Rossi!: link … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Hirhurim
Tagged avi weiss, azariah, comedian, de rossi, gil student, Jacob Neusner, joseph kaplan, Lakewood, marc angel, ordination of women, teaneck shuls, yahrtzeit
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May A Convert Serve On A Bait Din For Conversion?
From Hirhurim: May a Convert Serve on a Bet Din for Conversion: A Short Halachic Review, Some Halachic Thoughts of My Own and a Concluding Halachic Remark Guest post by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde In a Op-Ed in The Jewish … Continue reading
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Tagged avi weiss, classical sources, e mail address, michael j broyde, rabbi michael, torah law
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Rabbi Shmuel Hertzfeld & Open Orthodoxy
Joe emails: I think that you should run a piece on Rabbi Shmuel Hertzfeld. His time has come, since he is a quasi-celeb. Without any previous knowledge, you might think Hertzfeld is some kind of activist, a modern day Heschel … Continue reading
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