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• Is Alcoholics Anonymous too Christian for Jews? https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Is-Alcoholics-Anonymous-too-Christian-for-Jews-599311 • Don’t worry about the cost. We’ll raise tuition to cover it – In cultural shift, Jewish day schools investing in special needs https://www.jta.org/2019/08/21/united-states/in-cultural-shift-jewish-day-schools-investing-in-special-needs • Bergenfield Doctor’s Lawsuit Halts NJ Physician-Assisted Suicide Act http://www.jewishlinknj.com/community-news/bergen/32984-bergenfield-doctor-s-lawsuit-halts-nj-physician-assisted-suicide-act • A Must-Listen-To Shiur on Kashrut in Israel http://jewishlinknj.com/features/32947-a-must-listen-to-shiur-on-kashrut-in-israel • Getting Beyond Darwin | George Weigel https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/08/getting-beyond-darwin

• R A Shafran – Orthodox yeshivas are not swindling public funds. Far from it. https://www.jta.org/2019/08/20/opinion/orthodox-yeshivas-are-not-swindling-public-funds-far-from-it • The Jewish community is split less on issues of faith and more on liberal/conservative sensibilities- Decision On Tlaib, Omar Splitting Modern Orthodox https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/decision-on-tlaib-omar-splitting-modern-orthodox/ • The Billy Graham Rule Goes to Court https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/august/billy-graham-rule-sheriff-north-carolina-lawsuit.html • Ukrainian Jewish man, 70, undergoes circumcision in honor of Netanyahu ...

• R L Rothwachs – Surviving and Thriving Without Screens https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/surviving-and-thriving-without-screens/ • Chief Rabbi Delays Burial of Get Refuser’s Mother https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel-israel/chief-rabbi-delays-burial-of-get-refusers-mother/2019/08/20/ • Belgium tests EU rules on halal and kosher slaughter https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-becomes-eu-test-case-on-halal-and-kosher-slaughter-religious-freedoms-animal-welfare/ • Rare Color Footage Shows Jerusalem in the 1930s https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/08/rare-color-footage-shows-jerusalem-in-the-1930s/ • At this Florida Jewish day school, half the students aren’t Jewish https://www.jta.org/2019/08/19/united-states/at-this-florida-jewish-day-school-half-the-students-arent-jewish • Why many evangelical Christians ...

• R E Schwartz – Modern Orthodox Jews: Living Single https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/289142/living-single • I have little respect for people who try to get others fired for having different social or political views. In a serious way, this type of attitude caused the backlash that led to Trump’s election – R A Gordimer – Intellectual Terrorism – https://cross-currents.com/2019/08/16/intellectual-terrorism/ • Interview with Lakewood ...

• R A Berman – What Jewish Tradition Teaches Us About Data Privacy https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2019/08/12/what-jewish-tradition-teaches-us-about-data-privacy/ • Z Greenwald – Shutting down the show https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/shutting-down-the-show/ • Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits to be Inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah https://www.aish.com/jw/s/Rabbi-Yitzchak-Berkovits-to-be-Inaugurated-as-Rosh-Yeshiva-of-Aish-HaTorah.html • R Y Hoffman – When A Rabbi Falls – A Halachic Analysis https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1772565/when-a-rabbi-falls-a-halachic-analysis.html

• M Bane – Our Intense Focus on Torah Education is Celebrated, Yet it’s Flawed https://www.ou.org/life/inspiration/our-intense-focus-on-torah-education-is-celebrated-yet-its-flawed/ • S Rindner – What the Success of “Mikva the Musical” Says about Orthodox Judaism Today https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/religion-holidays/2019/08/what-the-success-of-mikva-the-musical-says-about-orthodox-judaism-today/ • Brooklyn Jewish school installs bullet-resistant classroom doors in wake of mass shootings – Jewish Telegraphic Agency https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/brooklyn-jewish-school-installs-bullet-resistant-classroom-doors-in-wake-of-mass-shootings

• M Schick – As New York Once Again Targets Religious Schools, a History Lesson in Communal Resistance https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/289450/new-york-targets-religious-schools • I hope they all prepared properly and stayed within permissible boundaries so the religious visitors aren’t unintentionally encouraging religious violations by others – Record number of Jews visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, despite riots https://www.jns.org/temple-mount-opened-briefly-for-tisha-bav-amid-muslim-riots/ • Outrageous – Court ...

• R ZN Goldberg & R A Weiss – Senior Rabbis rule: It’s forbidden to go up to the Temple Mount https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Senior-Rabbis-rule-Its-forbidden-to-go-up-to-the-Temple-Mount-598080 • R Y Blau – Indifference increases suffering https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/indifference-increases-suffering/ • A Scholar of Jewish History Recounts Spending Tisha b’Av in Spain, the Scene of Centuries of Jewish Hopes and Catastrophes https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2019/08/a-scholar-of-jewish-history-recounts-spending-tisha-bav-in-spain-the-scene-of-centuries-of-jewish-hopes-and-catastrophes/ • This is a Kiddush Hashem, although ...

• Well said – R E Goldberg – The Heart of Orthodoxy is Healthy and Strong: Seeing the Opportunities Within Every Difficulty https://rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-community/the-heart-of-orthodoxy-is-healthy-and-strong-seeing-the-opportunities-within-every-difficulty/ • R E Feldman – Of Nightclubs and Kollelim https://mishpacha.com/of-nightclubs-and-kollelim/ • “we now have several kosher red heifers that are valid candidates for the reinstatement of tahara” – Can We Rebuild The Beit Hamikdash Today? An Interview ...

• Legal Suicide Just Made Its Way to New Jersey https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/politics-current-affairs/2019/08/legal-suicide-just-made-its-way-to-new-jersey/ • A Gordimer – The Real Truth about the Anti-Vaxx Orthodox — A reply to Dr. Jonathan Frankel https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-real-truth-about-the-anti-vaxx-orthodox-a-reply-to-dr-jonathan-frankel/ • H Abramson – He posed as a righteous Jewish convert for 19 years. Then he wrote a 2,000-page anti-Semitic screed. https://www.jta.org/2019/08/06/opinion/he-posed-as-a-righteous-jewish-convert-for-19-years-then-he-wrote-a-2000-page-anti-semitic-screed • Rabbis asking divorced women to do what??? ...