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Young Israel Has To Go?

A college student, Rebecca Blady, blogs: I’ve been thinking a lot about the impending schism in Orthodox Judaism in America. I’ll be perfectly honest and tell you flat out I’m pro-schism: Whether the moguls of the Orthodox world like it … Continue reading

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Rav Soloveitchik Predicted There Would Never Be Hasidic Judaism In America

During World War II, there were fewer than 100 Satmar families in the United States. Now the Satmar are the most numerous Hasidic group, about 125,000 presently. In a lecture on the Satmar Rav for Torah in Motion, historian Marc … Continue reading

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