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halachah
Decomposing Bodies, Congealing Carcasses, Corpse Dust, and Other Rabbinic Interests by Isaac Pollak
Rabbi Joe Blair
October 7, 2018
RCA must stand behind the conversions performed by its members
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2016
Let us begin with the facts: Converts whose conversions were conducted according to halachah, or Jewish law, are 100 percent Jewish.
Is kosher all or nothing?
Dennis Prager
August 17, 2016
Because of the many objections, most of them from Orthodox Jews, to my last column (“If You Don’t Eat Bacon, You Keep Kosher,” Aug. 5), and because the column was widely disseminated, I feel I owe readers a response to some of those objections.
I believe in Torah, halachah and equality
Eli Fink
July 1, 2015
On June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to ban same-sex marriage.
Immigration bill: For nannies and caregivers, legal status isn’t enough
Jonah Lowenfeld
July 2, 2013
At 2 p.m. on a recent Wednesday, Amelia Barnachea waited in a copy shop in downtown Los Angeles, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. \”I\’m exercising,\” the diminutive Filipina-American home health aide explained, looking very spry for her 72 years.
Women of the word: Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
June 26, 2013
On a recent trip to New York, I spent Shabbat morning at The Jewish Center in Manhattan, a vibrant Modern Orthodox community. As services came to a close, the 500 congregants did not make the typical mad rush for the door. Instead, everyone remained seated, anxiously waiting to hear scholar-in-residence Tova Manzel.
Eruv is up for shabbat
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
After being disrupted by construction on the 405 Freeway, the Los Angeles Community Eruv was expected to be back in operation for the Shabbat beginning at sundown on June 21, Howard Witkin, a community member who oversees the eruv’s maintenance, told the Journal on June 17.
Can Halachah ever be wrong?
Dennis Prager
January 12, 2012
Many years ago, one of the most respected Orthodox rabbis of our generation, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the chief rabbi of Efrat, told me the following story — and, of course gave me permission to tell it in his name.
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