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Did Women Pray In Ancient Times?
In a 2009 lecture on Rabbi Avraham Shapira, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: Don’t think that women didn’t pray [with the Jewish prayer book] before modern times. Daniel Sperber has a whole chapter on women’s prayer groups. I’m assuming that … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged adin steinsaltz, avraham shapira, daniel sperber, kiryat moshe, manis friedman, mercaz harav
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The Role Of Women In Orthodox Judaism
In his second class on Rabbi Ben Zion Uziel for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: Rav Kook opposed women voting. He says the role of the woman is not to be in the public sphere. The Mercaz … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Israel, Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy
Tagged haredi world, Marc B. Shapiro, mercaz harav, orthodox judaism, orthodox shul, public sphere, torah in motion, women wearing skirts
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Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias
Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: Sleaze, Equivalence, Bias (Pictured: Notorious 1982 New York Post headline. Twenty-six years later, the Post, with the exception of its pro-Israel editorial page, is still sleazy.) A few observations on media coverage of … Continue reading
Posted in The Jewish Press
Tagged bomb blast, call girl, clinton campaign, governor of new york, jewish press, Los Angeles Times, maoz, mercaz harav, moral equivalence, mystery woman, new york post, political coverage, private eye, public knowledge, recruiting station, requisite photo, skirmishes, sleaze, sound decision, worst terrorist attack
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A Hillel For Our Times
????? ????? Doron Maharta Z"L The oldest (age 26) among the 8 Yesivah student who were massacred last week at M’rkaz HaRav: He wanted to be a Rabbi and studied at M’rcaz HaRav any free moment he had from the army. … Continue reading
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Tagged ashdod, chassidim, code of jewish law, dish washer, ethiopians, frocks, gemara, gerrer, Hillel, kippot, martyr, mercaz harav, mess hall, Rabbis, rosh yeshiva, shabbat, shul, talmud, yeshiva students, yeshivas
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged adelman, adelmans, arei, car crash, central jerusalem, chest wounds, devorah, haaretz, halevi, Hancock Park, har, hatzolah, head wounds, hellip, Jewish Journal, jewish mother, kosher market, levenberg, magen david, magen david adom, mashiach ben david, massive injuries, mercaz harav, mother daughter, motzei shabbat, narkis, neveh, old mother, rabbi yisroel, seat belts, sitting in the back seat, tragic losses, tragic scene, uzi, uzi narkiss, vista ave, yerushalayim, zeev
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