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Jewish News

From Hirhurim: The Coca-Cola rabbi: link Chassidic leaders back David Greenfield for NY City Council: link R. Menachem Porush dies at 93: link Gay and Orthodox Jewish: is there a problem?: link Religious gays helpline flooded: link Free online archive … Continue reading

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Jewish News

From Hirhurim: R. Seth Farber: The new conversion law is a joke: link Rabbis request bail for convicted financial fraud perpetrator: link RCA pushing ethical kosher guidelines: link Rabbinical courts softened stance on husbands refusing their wives divorce in 2009: … Continue reading

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Jewish News

From Hirhurim: New article on homosexuality by four senior YU roshei yeshiva: link Shas joins World Zionist Congress: link R. Shlomo Riskin and R. Eugene Korn: A time to act for Catholic-Jewish reconciliation: link Deafening silence over EJF scandal: link … Continue reading

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Suing Chief Rabbinate Over Annulled Conversions

Why didn’t the RCA do this? Haaretz reports: A local nonprofit assisting Jewish converts is for the first time planning to take the Chief Rabbinate of Israel to court for not preventing the retroactive annulment of conversions, Anglo File has … Continue reading

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Claiming Your Jewish Identity In Israel

Orthodox rabbi Seth Farber writes: As Anna Gostamelsky shattered Israel’s national swimming record for the 100-meter freestyle on Sunday evening in Beijing, once again demonstrating her incredible endurance, I couldn’t help thinking about another battle she has been fighting, this … Continue reading

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