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Finding An Orthodox Wife
A young man converting to Judaism tells me: “The problem I have is that most orthodox women (90% +???) won’t recognize a ger (a convert to Judaism) unless he has an RCA-approved conversion.” I don’t think that’s true. Unless you … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Marriage, Orthodoxy, R. David Rue, R. Michael Melchior
Tagged conversion status, conversion to judaism, converting to judaism, orthodox conversion, orthodox women, rabbi michael
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Seeds In The Wind
David Suissa writes in the Jewish Journal: This is a time of year that I dread, when I have to write about my three days at LimmudLA, a smorgasbord of everything Jewish. It’s like trying to squeeze 10 or 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Limmud, R. Michael Melchior
Tagged birth of zionism, jewish influence, jewish marriage, michael melchior, milken community high school, music historian, rabbi michael
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The Role Of Women In Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Michael Broyde discusses this issue and Jewish law. Joseph Kaplan comments on Hirhurim: As always. R. Broyde’s clear and rigorous analysis is extremely helpful, certainly to me, in thinking through important issues, and we should be grateful to him … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Orthodoxy
Tagged Hirhurim, joseph kaplan, kabbalat shabbat, orthodox judaism, rabbi michael, true service
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When The Goyim Mock Us For Not Wearing Shoes
Rabbi Michael Broyde writes: "Second, we now live in a society where Jews ought to seek to conduct themselves in ways that cause the Gentiles around us not to mock us. Halacha frowns on letting Jews be mocked and certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy, R. Michael J. Broyde
Tagged 9th of av, ashkenazic, converse allstars, gentiles, goyim, Jews, rabbi michael, russian empire, uncommon practice
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May A Convert Serve On A Bait Din For Conversion?
From Hirhurim: May a Convert Serve on a Bet Din for Conversion: A Short Halachic Review, Some Halachic Thoughts of My Own and a Concluding Halachic Remark Guest post by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde In a Op-Ed in The Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Judaism, Orthodoxy
Tagged avi weiss, classical sources, e mail address, michael j broyde, rabbi michael, torah law
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What Did The Rambam Really Think About Judaism?
Joel Rich writes: [Some] SHIURIM are Pay to download: link (look under sages or author ) Dr. Kenneth Hart Green – Did Maimonides Hide What He Really Thought About Judaism? Did the Rambam purposely hide deeper intent? (Strauss) True philosophy … Continue reading
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Tagged aaron rakeffet rothkoff, kenneth hart green, rabbi aaron, rabbi meir kahane, rabbi michael, rabbi mordechai
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Torah ownership dispute goes to Superior Court in Los Angeles
I covered this story two weeks ago. Duke Helfand writes in today’s Los Angeles Times: A rancorous legal fight over the rightful ownership of four Torahs has spilled from religious to civil courts in Los Angeles, with the widow of … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged assistant rabbi, duke helfand, orthodox rabbi, public brawl, rabbi michael, superior court judge
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Israeli Election Post-Mortem
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Advocacy Rights Foundation emails: An analysis of the true winners and losers the election, and the implicit trends they represent: 1) Bibi Netanyahu, Livni and Leiberman, and to a lesser extent Barak, have garnered … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged action initiative, affimative action, melkior, rabbi michael, winners and losers, world jewry
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Rabbi Michael Broyde On Rabbi Haskel Lookstein’s Appearance In A Church For The President’s Inauguration
Rabbi Michael Broyde writes: Thus a Jew may join the government service and wear gentile clothes every day — day in and day out for decades violating a Torah prohibition! — so that when the day comes that he can … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged chief rabbi, mass history, rabbi hillel, rabbi michael, right place at the right time, westminster abbey
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