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Tag Archives: haredim
How Do The Haredim Feel About The Non-Haredim?
Historian Marc B. Shapiro blogs: One of the leaders of the extremist haredim is R. Moshe Sternbuch. Here is the first page of a responsum he wrote (Teshuvot ve-Hanhagot, vol. 1, no. 816) in which he states that if a … Continue reading
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Liberal Contempt For Orthodox Jews
Jonathan S. Tobin writes: Last week’s release of a new demographic study of Jewish life in Greater New York created an understandable stir, as it revealed that the Orthodox are forming an increasingly large percentage of the population. Assimilation, intermarriage … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged haredim, liberal jews, negative population growth, orthodox jews, secular jews, undeserving poor
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Orthodox Extremism In Israel
Dov Lipman writes: Yes, it is true. I, a haredi with right-wing political leanings, stood on the same stage with representatives of Yisrael Chofshit, Hitorirut Yerushalayim, and Meretz – three secular and very left wing groups – at the massive … Continue reading
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Tagged Beit Shemesh, Haredi, haredim, massive rally, twelve tribes, verbal assaults
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The Slifkin Challenge
David Kelsey writes: One of Rabbi Slifkin’s tormentors — one of the few who remains standing anyway, as many have been caught in one type of scandal or another — is rethinking whether he is helping or hurting Kiruv with … Continue reading
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Tagged apikorsim, David Kelsey, haredim, kiruv, kornreich, laundry list, rabbs, torah judaism
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Better To Be Reform Than Secular?
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Returning to my conversation with R. Hayyim Sarne, which began with a discussion on Weinberg and moved into other areas, I was at his home for a good while and asked him many things. I … Continue reading
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Tagged haredim, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox groups, professor marc, rabbinic texts, roshei yeshiva
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Even If The Jews Won’t Have Me…
From my live cam chat: ChaimAmalek: Luke, if the haredim declare that you are not a Jew, would you continue to regard yourself as one? ChaimAmalek: Is there a point where, having been stripped of your status by orthodox bet … Continue reading
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