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Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ Why liberal Judaism is in free fall ▪ Jewish-Christian Dialogue Today ▪ Rabbis reach deal on IDF conversions ▪ Local couple step up to the plate — er, chuppah ▪ Red Cross looks at providing kosher, halal … Continue reading
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Tagged coca cola formula, genocide scholars, jewish christian dialogue, moshe tendler, rabbi elyashiv, shlock rock
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Do Israeli Rabbis Have Freedom Of Speech?
Here are some of my previous posts on this topic. Steven Plaut writes for the Jewish Press: In recent days, one of the most important domestic controversies in Israel has revolved around rabbinic opinions. The media are representing this as … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged israeli jews, jewish neighborhoods, prime minister netanyahu, rabbi elyashiv, rabbi yosef, steven plaut
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How The RCA Gave Away The Game To R. Shlomo Amar
Israel’s chief rabbis have traditionally divided up their duties — one would handle Beit Din (Jewish law court handling conversions, divorces, business disputes etc) stuff and the other would handle everything else including kashrut (Jewish dietary laws). Then, every five … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Israel, Rabbis
Tagged basil herring, chief rabbi shlomo amar, chief rabbis, conversion controversy, orthodox rabbi, rabbi elyashiv, rabbi schwartz, rabbi shlomo amar
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What Animates Rabbi Gershon Bess?
He’s the most powerful Orthodox rabbi in Los Angeles. The yeshiva and kollel communities look to him for guidance. He is the power behind the RCC. What does he want? What is his vision? He strikes me as a man … Continue reading
Posted in R. Gershon Bess, R. Yehuda Bukspan
Tagged bess, David Rue, gershon, Kollel, orthodox community, orthodox rabbi, rabbi elyashiv, RCC
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Knocking On Heaven’s Door
In his second class for Torah in Motion on Rabbi Ben Zion Uziel, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: There was a time 30 years ago when, if you had a question for Reb Moshe Feinstein, the greatest posek of the … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy
Tagged knocking on heaven, law decisions, Marc B. Shapiro, rabbi elyashiv, reb moshe, torah in motion
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