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Judaism
Torah portion: Somebody else’s dream
Parashat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
A view from the women’s section on Orthodox spiritual leadership
I have a vivid memory of sitting in my yeshiva high school principal’s office, imploring him to start teaching the girls Mishnah and Gemara, to offer a little more respect to our intellects and our souls by giving us access to all the Jewish texts that form the basis of our heritage, of what we were expected to live every day.
Can Open Orthodoxy help revive Judaism?
There are two ways to look at the controversy raging in the Orthodox world right now over a fledgling movement that calls itself “Open Orthodoxy.”
Sinai Temple mission to Azerbaijan
A delegation of 45 Sinai Temple members returned this week from a 4-day mission to Azerbaijan where they dedicated a Torah scroll which they had previously presented to the Mountainous Jewish Synagogue.
How the world’s longest-running Chabad house survives in Morocco
Raizel Raskin’s office feels like a cluttered museum of Moroccan Jewish heritage
Five questions for the first woman to chair the Union for Reform Judaism
Last week was a big one for Daryl Messinger. A resident of Palo Alto, Calif., and an active board member of several organizations, Messinger was installed as chair of the Union for Reform Judaism, becoming the first woman to hold that post.
Sarah Zoabi – A Brave Israeli-Arab and Proud Zionist Speaks Out in Support of Israel
Michele Bachmann: Bring into Christianity as many nonbelievers, including Jews, as we can
Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann called for an intensified effort to convert Jews to Christianity.
Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of the State of Israel, dies at 94
The Honorable Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of the State of Israel, Distinguished Chief of Staff of David Ben Gurion, Member of Knesset, Minister of Education, Author, Diplomat and outstanding representative of Classical Sephardic Judaism died on Nov. 7 at his home in Jerusalem.
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