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Lesbian Reform Rabbi Leads Student Life At Milken Community High School
I interrupt my fascination with the Lingerie Football League Friday afternoon to bring this important news update on Rabbi Heather Miller. She grew up in a Unitarian home. Her mom is Jewish. Her dad is Unitarian. She learned about Judaism … Continue reading
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Tagged hebrew union college, jewish american princess, lingerie football league, milken community high school, reform rabbi, shabbat dinner
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Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson: ‘Coming To Know The God We Already Love’
Did you get that phrase — “Coming To Know The God We Already Love”? What Jew talks like this? This is Christian talk. What is primary in Christianity — faith, hope, love, humility — is secondary in Judaism and what … Continue reading
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Reform Responsa
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: When you think of Reform responsa, you automatically think of Reform Rabbi Solomon Freehof, who published some eight volumes of responsa (on Freehof, see the article in Wikipedia – link – and listen to the … Continue reading
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Tagged adam mintz, emil fackenheim, hebrew union college, rabbi solomon, reform rabbis, reform responsa
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Hebrew Union College Keeps Open Its LA Campus
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Cincinnati and Los Angeles campuses of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion will stay open, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Discussions had been under way to close the two campuses of the Reform movement’s … Continue reading
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Phony Baloney Judaism?
I’ve never been to Ikar. I fear that if I go, I will love it. I hear the music’s great and almost all the prayers are sung and the services are like snorting cocaine, only the high is more intense. … Continue reading
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Rabbi Stephen Wise ‘failed miserably’ during Shoah, HUC president claims
From the Jerusalem Post: Rabbi Stephen Wise, the most prominent US Jewish leader during World War II, failed miserably in his response to the Holocaust, according to the president of Reform Judaism’s Hebrew Union College in Manhattan. Rabbi David Ellenson … Continue reading
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Tagged american jewish leaders, ev jabotinsky, fordham university law school, hebrew union college, president franklin d roosevelt, rabbi david ellenson
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