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• Y Hazony – Conservative Rationalism Has Failed https://americanmind.org/essays/conservative-rationalism-has-failed/ • Y Blau – Judaism is not Democrat or Republican: Two book reviews https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/judaism-is-not-democrat-or-republican-two-book-reviews/ • Y Unterman – Of intruding eyes and hidden things https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/of-intruding-eyes-and-hidden-things/ • Christian perspective – Waging a Smarter War on Porn https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/june/addicted-lust-samuel-perry-regnerus-pornography.html

• God won’t stop mass shooting so bring guns to synagogue, rabbi urges https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/god-wont-stop-mass-shooting-so-bring-guns-to-synagogue-rabbi-urges/ • Murder isn’t the answer – How a religious Jewish farmer became a promoter of assisted suicide in Israel https://www.jta.org/2019/06/24/global/how-a-religious-jewish-farmer-became-a-promoter-of-assisted-suicide-in-israel • Digging in the Golan for New Testament History, Archaeologists Find a Ruin from the Time of King David https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/06/digging-in-the-golan-for-new-testament-history-archaeologists-find-a-ruin-from-the-time-of-king-david/ • J Yuter – Religious Politics ...

• A Year at Manhattan High School, baruch Hashem https://writingteacherteachingwriting.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/a-year-at-manhattan-high-school-baruch-hashem/ • Ultra-Orthodox and Jewish pelt dealers get their hackles up as NYC mulls fur ban https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultra-orthodox-and-jewish-pelt-dealers-unhappy-as-nyc-mulls-ban-on-fur/ • The Chasid who Built a Church https://www.aish.com/sp/so/The-Chasid-who-Built-a-Church.html • R S Cohen – An Open Letter To Parents Of ‘At-Risk’ And ‘Off-The-Derech’ Children https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/1745532/op-ed-an-open-letter-to-parents-of-at-risk-and-off-the-derech-children.html

• Orthodox Jews And Indian Eagle Feathers https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/orthodox-jews-and-indian-eagle-feathers/2019/06/21/ • This rabbi proves that dialogue with LGBT groups is possible http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/264916 • Historic Communal Registers Provide a Window onto Centuries of Jewish Civil Society https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2019/06/historic-communal-registers-provide-a-window-onto-centuries-of-jewish-civil-society/

• Important to teach, but please not to my children – Sex, Drugs And Orthodox Students On Campus https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/sex-drugs-and-orthodox-students-on-campus/ • The Catholic Church has finally gotten serious about handling sexual abuse. Here’s what Jewish institutions could learn from the process. https://www.jta.org/2019/06/19/opinion/the-catholic-church-has-finally-gotten-serious-about-handling-sexual-abuse-heres-what-jewish-institutions-could-learn-from-the-process • R A Gordimer is correct on homosexuality and halakhah, as I argued at length on this website 10-15 ...

• City Weighing Ban on Foie Gras 6 Months after OU Ended Certification https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/ny/city-weighing-ban-on-foie-gras-6-months-after-ou-ended-certification/2019/06/19/ • Oprah Magazine celebrates those who help Jews abandon Torah lives – This Organization Helps People Leave the Orthodox Jewish Community https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a27925298/help-leaving-orthodox-jewish-community-footsteps/ • It’s not the only Jewish boarding school and Jewish schools close abruptly all the time. These people have no idea what goes on ...

• Orthodox Union launches national kosher food pantry https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/national-food-pantry-resource-center-will-help-provide-kosher-food-to-jews-in-need • Quebec passes Canada’s strictest secularism bill https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2019/06/18/quebec-passes-canadas-strictest-secularism-bill/ • Liverpool’s main kosher deli caught selling non-kosher meat https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/liverpools-main-kosher-deli-caught-selling-non-kosher-meat/

• I Won’t Disappear https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/style-living/57-style-myths-debunked/637-i-won-t-disappear • Strive For What Binds Us http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/12780/Strive-for-What-Binds-Us • Rabbis share duties with women for first time, in ‘turning point’ for Judaism https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/15/rabbis-share-duties-women-first-time-turning-point-judaism/ • Coffee en route to synagogue on Shabbat? No problem in 18th century Prague https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-coffee-en-route-to-synagogue-no-problem-in-18th-century-prague-1.7368257

• Atlanta Orthodox synagogue breaks from Young Israel over politics, support of Trump https://www.jns.org/atlanta-orthodox-synagogue-breaks-from-young-israel-over-politics-support-of-trump/ • Judaism’s Pro-Natalist Heritage | Ari Lamm https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/06/judaisms-pro-natalist-heritage • Jewish gay conversion group operating under new name ordered to shut down https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/jewish-gay-conversion-group-operating-under-new-name-ordered-to-shut-down

• R Apple – Should rabbis keep out of politics? https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/should-rabbis-keep-out-of-politics/ • Religious communities consider how much faith to put in marijuana https://www.inquirer.com/news/cannabis-religion-mariguana-religious-groups-faith-legalization-medical-20190612.html • Why some American Jews pay more than $20,000 to get buried in Israel https://www.jta.org/2019/06/07/lifestyle/why-some-american-jews-pay-more-than-20000-to-get-buried-in-israel • New York City closes 10th Jewish school for violating vaccine order https://www.jta.org/2019/06/11/united-states/nyc-closes-tenth-jewish-school-for-violating-vaccine-order • There’s Nothing Immodest About This Proposal https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/theres-nothing-immodest-about-this-proposal/ • ...