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Rabbinical Alliance of America Calls for More Freedom in Response to Airbnb’s Boycott of Jews in Parts of Israel
rabbinicalalliance.org
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing nearly one thousand rabbis and spiritual leaders serving throughout the United States of America — are deeply pained and saddened …Why Thankfulness And Gratitude Are Jewish Emotions
forward.com
I always thought anxiety, guilt, resentment, constant nervousness about diseases were Jewish emotions. But gratitude? Not so much.The Know-Nothing Excommunicators - Commentary
commentarymagazine.com
How the massacre brought out the worst in some liberal JewsView Post10% seems very low
Israel Wakes Up to the Needs of Ex-Haredim
tabletmag.com
Israel Grapples With Helping Ultra-Orthodox Who Go ‘Off the Path’The Future of American Jewry is Orthodox
americanthinker.com
The liberal American Jewish population is shrinking dramatically while Orthodoxy continues to grow. The American Jewish future is Orthodox.L Schiffman
Buyer Beware! How Forged Dead Sea Scrolls Were Exposed by High-Tech Tests
lawrenceschiffman.com
Collectors, most of whom were Evangelical Christians seeking to connect tangibly with the Bible, began to attempt to purchase fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts. Several individuals and institutions bought such fragments, believing that they were buying the real thing.Think Orthodox Students Don’t Want To Talk LGBTQ Issues? Not Anymore At YU
forward.com
An event on LGBTQ issues in the modern Orthodox community drew a full house.Here’s what it costs to put your synagogue under armed guard
timesofisrael.com
Synagogues across the US have been increasing security in recent years, but that need was dramatically increased following the deadly massacre in PittsburghR S Karlinsky
Don’t Be So Quick To Dismiss Critical Thinking and An Orderly Environment - Cross-Currents
cross-currents.com
By Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky While I do not live in Beit Shemesh, I am privileged to have over one hundred twenty alumni families who have studied with us at Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel over...R M Rocklin and H Slugh
The ADL Is Wrong: Solidarity Is Not Bigotry
jewishpress.com
These ostensible Jewish leaders are inadvertently recycling an anti-Semitic canard and applying it to their Christian neighbors. If Jews want members of other faiths to respect their desire to be separate, they should offer the same courtesy to their neighbors.An important article by R J Grajower
Palestinian shunned for selling land to Jews to be buried in Jewish cemetery
jta.org
(JTA) — A chief rabbi of Jerusalem allowed a Palestinian man to be buried in a Jewish cemetery following his body’s exclusion by imams over his sale of real-estate to Jews. Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel’s capital, this week ruled as a rabbinical judge that Alah Kirsh may be ...Rabbinical Alliance of America Calls for More Freedom in Response to Airbnb’s Boycott of Jews in Parts of Israel
rabbinicalalliance.org
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing nearly one thousand rabbis and spiritual leaders serving throughout the United States of America — are deeply pained and saddened …Why Thankfulness And Gratitude Are Jewish Emotions
forward.com
I always thought anxiety, guilt, resentment, constant nervousness about diseases were Jewish emotions. But gratitude? Not so much.The Know-Nothing Excommunicators - Commentary
commentarymagazine.com
How the massacre brought out the worst in some liberal JewsView Post10% seems very low
Israel Wakes Up to the Needs of Ex-Haredim
tabletmag.com
Israel Grapples With Helping Ultra-Orthodox Who Go ‘Off the Path’The Future of American Jewry is Orthodox
americanthinker.com
The liberal American Jewish population is shrinking dramatically while Orthodoxy continues to grow. The American Jewish future is Orthodox.L Schiffman
Buyer Beware! How Forged Dead Sea Scrolls Were Exposed by High-Tech Tests
lawrenceschiffman.com
Collectors, most of whom were Evangelical Christians seeking to connect tangibly with the Bible, began to attempt to purchase fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts. Several individuals and institutions bought such fragments, believing that they were buying the real thing.Think Orthodox Students Don’t Want To Talk LGBTQ Issues? Not Anymore At YU
forward.com
An event on LGBTQ issues in the modern Orthodox community drew a full house.Here’s what it costs to put your synagogue under armed guard
timesofisrael.com
Synagogues across the US have been increasing security in recent years, but that need was dramatically increased following the deadly massacre in PittsburghR S Karlinsky
Don’t Be So Quick To Dismiss Critical Thinking and An Orderly Environment - Cross-Currents
cross-currents.com
By Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky While I do not live in Beit Shemesh, I am privileged to have over one hundred twenty alumni families who have studied with us at Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel over...R M Rocklin and H Slugh
The ADL Is Wrong: Solidarity Is Not Bigotry
jewishpress.com
These ostensible Jewish leaders are inadvertently recycling an anti-Semitic canard and applying it to their Christian neighbors. If Jews want members of other faiths to respect their desire to be separate, they should offer the same courtesy to their neighbors.An important article by R J Grajower
Palestinian shunned for selling land to Jews to be buried in Jewish cemetery
jta.org
(JTA) — A chief rabbi of Jerusalem allowed a Palestinian man to be buried in a Jewish cemetery following his body’s exclusion by imams over his sale of real-estate to Jews. Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel’s capital, this week ruled as a rabbinical judge that Alah Kirsh may be ...