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Making Conversion To Orthodox Judaism Easier
From The Jerusalem Post: United Torah Judaism’s rabbinic leadership is expected to meet on Wednesday night to discuss a possible compromise in proposed conversion reforms that would allow the party to join the government coalition. The meeting is slated to … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Gary Rosenblatt, Orthodoxy, Reform Judaism
Tagged congregation beth israel, Gary Rosenblatt, government coalition, jerusalem post, orthodox judaism, rabbi yosef, reform congregations, steve lipman, temple solel, torah judaism
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How Open Is ‘Open Orthodoxy’?
I think the proponents of "Open Orthodoxy" mean well. They are the part of Orthodoxy I find most easy to hang with, but "Open Orthodoxy" is a contradiction in terms. "Orthodoxy" means one truth. How open can you be when … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, YCT
Tagged congregation beth israel, congregation or chadash, rabbi avi weiss, rabbinical council of america, woman rabbi, yeshivat chovevei torah
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Newsweek Ranks America’s Top 25 Pulpit Rabbis
From Newsweek.com: Based on the overwhelming response to the "influentials" list last year, Lynton, Ginsberg and Sanderson put together a list of the best pulpit rabbis in the country. The most powerful people, it turns out, are not always the … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged agudas achim, central synagogue new york, community leadership, congregation beth israel, congregation beth israel houston, David Wolpe, kavana, nai jeshurun, nashville tn, newsweek, nussbaum, oratory, orthodox congregation, overwhelming response, Rabbis, reform congregation, rubinstein, seattle wa, sinai temple los angeles, tifereth israel
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