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Praying for the State of Israel

I’m a few days late, but I must take serious issue with my good friend Ariel Beery’s recent Blogs of ...

Fake Jew Arrested by FBI

UPDATE: It turns out this story has some major falsehoods attached to it. The FBI has since denied any involvement ...

Hazak Hazak V’nithazek: Celebrating Strength Through Inclusion at JTS

It has been almost a year since the Jewish Theological Seminary announced it will accept students that identify as gay, ...

Who’s that woman in the pulpit?

Our homepage article this week talks about the changing demographics in the rabbinate. It specifically sites a growing number of ...

Synagogues & Rabbis

-Rabbis find they need to choose their political roles, if any, with care. (Washington Jewish Week) -A look at the ...

Flipping Out

JTA reporter Ben Harris has an short but interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal discussing the Modern Orthodox practice ...

Hooking Up

-JDate is now offering “a bulk rate to rabbis who want to buy membership accounts for congregants.� But singles gotta ...

Liberal Minhag

I was looking for an article on Jewish customs, minhagim, on MyJewishLearning and, lo and behold, there wasn’t one. Which ...

The Jewish Body

-Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has been named “Body of 2008” by British men’s magazine Arena. (Haaretz) -A leisurely look at ...

Guide for the Halachic Minyan

More and more Orthodox women are exploring the boundaries of their participation in communal Jewish prayer. An Israeli couple has ...

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