Daily Reyd

▪ As we already knew, R. Lamm’s recent statements–including about women rabbis–do not necessarily represent his complete and accurate view: Lamm deemed unfit to testify in Yeshiva U. sex abuse case
▪ Jack Wertheimer replies re intermarriage with some very interesting comments about intermarriage, anti-Israel sentiments and punishment of institutions that follow historical norms: Great Expectations—A Reply to My Respondents
▪ Law Society Gazette (UK) profile of the Director of the London Beth Din: David Frei
▪ Two Americans write in an Israeli newspaper in favor of a New York policy of informed consent on metzitzah be-feh: Controversial circumcisions
▪ Reform rabbi Eric Yoffie is optimistic about liberal religion: The Bright Future of Liberal Religion
▪ I have nothing against this program but would be more in favor of a program to take on Israeli ignorance of basic Jewish culture. Every Israeli Jew should know the six words of Shema: New program takes on Israeli ignorance of US Jewry
▪ Based on Chullin 5b (צדיקים אין הקב”ה מביא תקלה על ידן), either supports Tosafos that only refers to food or to the Rambam that reading from a pasul sefer Torah is still good: Sefer Torah at Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s Home Found in Mid-Laining to Be Missing Portion
▪ Why Putin Refuses to Let the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Library Leave Moscow
▪ We really need a campaign to cross at the green (no sarcasm intended) and to get rid of traffic lights that only change when pedestrians push the button: Deadly Yom Kippur Crash Spurs Safety Push for Observant Jewish Pedestrians
▪ Austritt succeeds: Germany’s Largest Jewish Organization Is at the ‘Edge of Chaos’
▪ OMG!: Chinese foundation donates $130 million to Israel’s Technion
▪ Denmark marks Jews’ rescue 70 years on
▪ Tomer Persico offers a serious discussion of the Kabbalah Center’s place in Kabbalistic tradition: Death of a Neo-Kabbalist: Philip Berg passes away
▪ Simchat Torah, 1663: Samuel Pepys’ Account of a Lively Service in London