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The Jewish people have always treated their sacred objects with respect even when they are worn out and no longer usable. Instead of throwing them into the garbage amidst ice cream containers and banana peels, we put our holy objects in genizah (storage for later burial), or what is more colloquia.....Pronunciation of Hashem’s Name in a Sephardic Congregation
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One of the features distinguishing Rav Kook’s corpus from that of most every other major Jewish thinker is his recourse to the genre of the spiritual diary. Rav Kook wrote, of course, in a variety of traditional genres: textual commentary, sermonics, responsa, poetry, essays, moralizing tracts, in...jns.org
As the more recent archaeological digs have proven, carried out since 1980 by Israel Finkelstein, Reut Ben-Arye, Hananyah Hizmi and now Scott Stripling, which even our opponents recognize, the biblical narrative resonates in the findings.The 31 Best Colleges For Orthodox Jews
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From the blog of Zander Wold at The Times of IsraelReligious revelations from the slaughterhouse
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Regulator says bans on 'very long skirts' and 'flashy' colours were too vaguely wordedShould We Care If Non-Jews Abort Their Babies?
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It seems that far too many observant Jews have become coarsened to the essential abhorrence with which Judaism views abortion.thejc.com
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Tikkun Olam in America.Y Oppenheimer
A Disgraceful Attack Against The Chief Rabbinate
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The Chief Rabbinate is valiantly trying to hold the line so that Israel does not experience the problems that plague the rest of the Jewish world while the Farbers of the world are trying to break down their authority by playing to the emotions of people unaware of lies they are being fedWhere Do Good Books Go When They Die?
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The Jewish people have always treated their sacred objects with respect even when they are worn out and no longer usable. Instead of throwing them into the garbage amidst ice cream containers and banana peels, we put our holy objects in genizah (storage for later burial), or what is more colloquia.....Pronunciation of Hashem’s Name in a Sephardic Congregation
jewishlinknj.com
Ashkenazic Pronunciation of Shem Hashem You may have witnessed the following: An Ashkenazic Jew attending a Sephardic synagogue receives an aliyah. Wishing to respect the practice of the congregation, he utters the brachot using Sephardic pronunciation except for one word, the vital of name Hashe...Lauder’s NY Times Op-Ed Misrepresents World Jewry
jewishpress.com
Ronald Lauder’s position is stale, irrelevant, and not reflective of today’s reality.Tapping into the ‘Golden Age’ of cantorial music for the 21st century | JNS.org
jns.org
Ordained Chabad rabbi and cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz has traveled the world honing his voice and performing skills, and is now part of an effort to revive the classic tradition of “chazzonus,” the quasi-operatic Jewish music of more than a century ago.Rav Kook’s Pre-Zionist Spiritual Diary - Tablet Magazine
tabletmag.com
One of the features distinguishing Rav Kook’s corpus from that of most every other major Jewish thinker is his recourse to the genre of the spiritual diary. Rav Kook wrote, of course, in a variety of traditional genres: textual commentary, sermonics, responsa, poetry, essays, moralizing tracts, in...jns.org
As the more recent archaeological digs have proven, carried out since 1980 by Israel Finkelstein, Reut Ben-Arye, Hananyah Hizmi and now Scott Stripling, which even our opponents recognize, the biblical narrative resonates in the findings.The 31 Best Colleges For Orthodox Jews
forward.com
Are you looking for a college with vibrant Orthodox Jewish life? Look no further than these 31 schools:Yaakov Shwekey and the Power of Jewish Music
blogs.timesofisrael.com
From the blog of Zander Wold at The Times of IsraelReligious revelations from the slaughterhouse
blogs.timesofisrael.com
The OU's decertification of 'shackle and hoist'-slaughtered meat shows how Jewish ethical precepts can be elevatedCharedi school told to change admissions policy after complaint
thejc.com
Regulator says bans on 'very long skirts' and 'flashy' colours were too vaguely wordedShould We Care If Non-Jews Abort Their Babies?
jewishpress.com
It seems that far too many observant Jews have become coarsened to the essential abhorrence with which Judaism views abortion.thejc.com
'As the Jewish community is facing antisemitism from the far left, we have to be clear about what we see on the right as well'How the Desire to “Repair the World” Came to Undermine Jewish Particularism
mosaicmagazine.com
Tikkun Olam in America.Y Oppenheimer
A Disgraceful Attack Against The Chief Rabbinate
jewishpress.com
The Chief Rabbinate is valiantly trying to hold the line so that Israel does not experience the problems that plague the rest of the Jewish world while the Farbers of the world are trying to break down their authority by playing to the emotions of people unaware of lies they are being fed