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Modern Orthodox Rabbis Try To Run Around Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
From Haaretz: Orthodox rabbis from the United States and Israel intend to set up an Orthodox court system as an alternative to Israel’s rabbinical courts and to the rigorous norms for conversion to Judaism imposed on U.S. rabbis. Rabbi Marc … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Israel, Modern Orthodox
Tagged chief rabbi shlomo amar, chief rabbinate, conversion crisis, rabbi shlomo amar, rabbi shlomo riskin, rabbinical council of america
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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Says Give Agriprocessors A Chance
He writes to the Jerusalem Post: Uri Zedek is a burgeoning Orthodox social action group paralleling Maagalei Zedek in Israel. It insists that kashrut and yashrut, ritual concern and ethical sensitivity, go hand in hand. I am proud to … Continue reading
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Tagged jerusalem post, meatpacking plant, moral ambiguity, ohr torah stone, rabbi shlomo riskin, social action group
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As Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Turns
Marc has been at the front of every development in Modern Orthodoxy for 30 years. He has been an incarnation of the movement’s various twists and turns. He has the ability to merge with his favorite thinkers. Around 1980, Elazar … Continue reading
Posted in Marc Gafni, R. Elazar Muskin
Tagged chief rabbi, hebrew academy, muskin, purim party, rabbi riskin, rabbi shlomo carlebach, rabbi shlomo riskin, soloveitchik, spiritual artist, straight arrows
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Rabbi Mordecai Gafni Update
How come so many Jews employ multiple names? From The Awareness Center: Over the last few years various individuals have been monitoring Rabbi Mordechai Gafni’s where abouts. After fleeing Israel, Gafni took a brief respite in Boston, prior to moving … Continue reading
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Tagged marc gafni, rabbi mordechai gafni, rabbi shlomo riskin, rabbinic ordination, rabbinical ordination, Yeshiva University
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