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The Reyd

1 week ago

D Goldman ... See MoreSee Less

The Debate Over Gender Medicine Points to a Deeper Question: What Are Doctors For?

ideas.tikvah.org

“The physician who heals for nothing is worth nothing.”

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The Reyd

1 week ago

“We Feel Betrayed:” Chareidi Soldiers Say Unit Closure Forced Them Into Mixed-Gender Service

www.theyeshivaworld.com

Chareidi soldiers who enlisted nearly two years ago in the “Tomer” Company—the Chareidi track within the Givati Brigade—told Ynet that the unit has been disbanded and that they have been reass...

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The Reyd

1 week ago

Montreal: Government blow to Hasidic institutions

www.israelnationalnews.com

Three educational institutions affiliated with the Belz Hasidic movement in Montreal lost their licenses just before the start of the school year due to ongoing systemic failures.

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

SR Meir ... See MoreSee Less

What Did You Take Home From Israel? - The Jewish Link

jewishlink.news

“What will you take home with you from your visit to Israel?” I posed that question to a group of American college students who had come to Israel for a week of volunteering and Jewish learning wi...

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

The collapse of Israel’s Haredi draft compromises

www.jns.org

At its core, the dispute is about what military service, Torah study and citizenship mean in the Jewish state.

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

KOSHER MEAT SHORTAGE: Reality Kicking In As Stores Begin Warning Customers Following Agri Meat Fire

www.theyeshivaworld.com

As YWN warned in the immediate aftermath of the devastating fire that destroyed much of the Agri Star kosher meat-processing facility in Postville, Iowa, the effects are now beginning to reach superma...

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

The false choice between funding camp and day school

ejewishphilanthropy.com

A major Jewish philanthropist recently asked me a serious question: Should our next dollar go to day schools or to summer camps? The money is finite, the needs are not, and the two compete for the sam...

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2 weeks ago

A Conservative rabbi's perspective ... See MoreSee Less

Why do we ignore the synagogue?

ejewishphilanthropy.com

I love synagogues. I love watching them grow, change, innovate and — most of all — persevere. In 1917, Mordecai Kaplan wrote that “the synagogue is the principal means of keeping alive the Jewis...

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

Who gets to explain the Jews?

ejewishphilanthropy.com

In 1892, the Zionist thinker Ahad Ha’am found what he called “half consolation” in one of the most grotesque accusations ever made against Jews. The blood libel claimed Jews murdered Christian c...

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

Meet the Rabbi Leading Iran’s Thousands of Jews

www.wsj.com

Yehuda Gerami walks a line between politics and religion, trying to maintain one of the world’s oldest Jewish communities.

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a challenge, others as a tool

www.timesofisrael.com

Artificial intelligence that can answer questions of Jewish law may threaten congregants' relationships with religious leaders, but also serves as a powerful educational resource

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

Mercy killing is murder ... See MoreSee Less

New York’s medical aid-in-dying law takes effect after years of debate

www.jns.org

“It isn't assisted suicide,” bioethicist Arthur Caplan told JNS. “It is managing dying in a more humane way.”

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

Not OK ... See MoreSee Less

Orthodox Jews are scootering to synagogue. Will Shabbat ever be the same?

forward.com

With neighborhoods sprawling, a transportation hack opens up new possibilities — and tests the limits of the day of rest

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The Reyd

2 weeks ago

Israel, US Jewish military leaders launch training program for military rabbis

www.jns.org

The initiative brings together the IDF Military Rabbinate, Aleph Military and the International Halacha Institute to address modern halachic challenges facing Jewish service members.

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2 weeks ago

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Beyond the music: Why Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach should no longer be revered as a saint

www.ynetnews.com

A boycott of Carlebach’s songs may be unrealistic, but religious communities cannot continue depicting him as a saint while ignoring the women who accused him of sexual abuse, allegations revisited ...

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