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Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ Prof. Lawrence Schiffman to join YU as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (via e-mail) ▪ The Jewish Matchmaker ▪ RCA clarification on brain death ▪ King James Bible at 400 ▪ Richard Joel interview ▪ Faculty oversight … Continue reading
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Jewish News
TorahMusings.com reports: ▪ Secular Judaism and its discontents ▪ NY Times’ appalling article about the breakdown of two marriages ▪ New ethical kosher mark to be tested in January ▪ Who should replace Jonathan Sacks as chief rabbi? ▪ Eating … Continue reading
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Jewish News
From Hirhurim: Brooklyn yeshiva students warn neighbors about house fire: link Report: Bloomberg to endorse David Greenfield for city council: link Dovid Katz’s thirst for Jewish History: link New documentary explores history of Jews and basketball: link R. Jonathan Sacks: … Continue reading
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Jewish School Refuses To Admit Boy On Religious Grounds
From The Guardian: Britain’s most successful Jewish school told the supreme court today it had discriminated against a 12-year-old boy on religious rather than racial grounds. Lord Pannick QC, representing the JFS, told nine judges and a standing-room-only crowd that … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion Tazria-Metzora 5769
Steve Brizel writes: Yom HaShoah R. Aharon Lichtenstein reminds and exhorts us to respond , but not to offer theodicy-based explanations for the Holocaust: link R. Tamir Granot explores various hashkafic perspectives on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: link R. Hershel … Continue reading
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How Should Non-Jews Relate To God?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student writes: In line with our recent discussion of religious diversity, I’d like to examine a particular contemporary view of religious pluralism in light of talmudic and midrashic sources — one attributed to Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan … Continue reading
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Jewish News Roundup
From Hirhurim: R. Menachem Genack tells readers that his cousin, Julius Genachowski, is on Obama’s transition team (Jewish Press). R. Genack also writes: "When people asked me whom to vote for, I would respond, ‘Vote for the person you think … Continue reading
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Chief Rabbi Addresses Anglicans
FROM THE TIMES OF LONDON: Almost all of Britain’s social problems are caused by a loss of religion, the Chief Rabbi told Anglican bishops last night. Societies without religion disintegrated and people succumbed to depression, stress, eating disorders and alcohol … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion
Steve Brizel writes: The Kohanim and the Menorah R. Isaac Bernstein zt"l, based on the Ohr HaChaim, investigates how Aharon was properly rewarded by given the responsibility to light the Menorah: R. Berel Wein suggests that the message … Continue reading
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This Week’s Torah Portion Is Bamidbar
We’re beginning the book of Numbers this Sabbath. Steve Brizel writes for Hirhurim: The Themes of Sefer Bamidbar R. Berel Wein reminds us that one of the key elements of Bamidar is how people, their attitudes and actions played a … Continue reading
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