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Tag Archives: religious zionism
Should Orthodox Judaism Have Female Rabbis?
Rabbi Gil Student writes in First Things: Women never served as ritual slaughterers, for example, although an actual prohibition was rejected in the Medieval legal literature. Nonetheless, when the question arose of whether a woman could, in actual practice, be … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged communal unity, gil student, jewish rituals, ordination of women, radical innovations, religious zionism, slippery slope argument
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Visiting Rabbis’ Graves Outside Of Israel Is Idolatry
Many of my friends are at Uman, in central Ukraine, to daven at the graveside of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. I don’t know much about the issues involved in this matter, but from the little I know, I agree with … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged clap your hands, famous grave sites, Rebbe Nachman, religious zionism, religious zionist, shabbos morning
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The Religious Zionist Approach To Jewish Law
Rabbi Gil Student writes: When I look at the halakhic writings that have emerged from the Religious Zionist sector in Israel, I am sometimes highly uncomfortable. In a recently published Orthodox Forum book, Religious Zionism Post Disengagement: Future Directions, there … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Israel
Tagged forum book, gil student, halakhah, national question, orthodox forum, religious zionism
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Sperm Donation To Single Women ‘Cruel’
By Kathleen Gilbert JERUSALEM, August 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A rabbi at a religious conference said Wednesday night that a woman "who decides to have a baby out of wedlock by means of a sperm donation is unbelievably cruel," reports … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged community speakers, generation gaps, kathleen gilbert, religious zionism, single motherhood, single parent family
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Two Assaults On Religious Zionism
Caroline Glick writes: Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged ariel sharon, caroline glick, disengagement, fatah, grievances, haaretz, hamas and fatah, israeli civilians, israeli policy, judea and samaria, mortar shells, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, pretext, prime minister ariel sharon, progeny, religious zionism, rsquo, subtext, withdrawal from gaza, zionists
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How Should Religious Zionism React To The Conversion Controversy?
Shahar Ilan writes in Haaretz: If anyone thought that religious Zionism should continue having anything to do with the Chief Rabbinate or the rabbinic courts, along came the ousting of Rabbi Haim Druckman from his position as head of the … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged chief rabbinate, conversion controversy, conversion system, conversions, court of appeals, former soviet union, haaretz, israelis, mass conversion, national challenge, rabbi, rabbinical court, Rabbis, religious establishment, religious women, religious zionism, russian immigrants, sabbatical year, tough questions, zionists
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Rabbi Aviner Says Women Should Not Wear Pajamas
I guess lingerie would be more appropriate? I better not let Emma see this story or she’ll think Judaism is stupid. From FailedMessiah: In another bizarre ruling from an Orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, the rabbi of Beit El and … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged abstinence, asher, axiom, FailedMessiah, immorality, modest clothes, Modesty, muslim countries, orthodox rabbi, pajamas, psychological connection, rabbi israel, rabbi rosen, rabbi shlomo, Rabbis, religious conduct, religious zionism, sleeved shirt, synagogues, weekly column
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