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Tag Archives: yahrtzeit
Lakewood Changes The Way It Deals With Molestation
These links are from Hirhurim: Lakewood changes how it deals with molestation: link Jewish convert comedian: link R. Stephen Pruzansky on Left Wing Modern Orthodox rabbis: link Note the second yahrtzeit — that’s the controversial R. Azariah De Rossi!: link … Continue reading
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Tagged avi weiss, azariah, comedian, de rossi, gil student, Jacob Neusner, joseph kaplan, Lakewood, marc angel, ordination of women, teaneck shuls, yahrtzeit
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Jewish News
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Gary Rosenblatt argues for government subsidies of secular studies in Jewish day schools (Jewish Week). Now that Solomon Schechters are struggling and not just yeshivas, he cares. The Maharat makes it to the list of Jews … Continue reading
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Tagged bernie madoff, Gary Rosenblatt, gil student, government subsidies, orthodox jews, resident scholar, student posts, yahrtzeit
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Ariel Teaches Daf Yomi
Robert J. Avrech writes: Today, 1 Tammuz, is Ariel Chaim’s ZT’L fifth Yahrtzeit. In honor of our son’s memory we’re publishing an excerpt from The Book of Ariel that recounts the period when Ariel taught Daf Yomi—the daily page of … Continue reading
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Tagged babylonian talmud, daf yomi, rabbi pinchas, rabbi yosef, torah scholar, yahrtzeit
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