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September 11, 2014
Orthodox shul takes first step to hiring female clergy
In what would be an unprecedented move among Orthodox synagogues in Los Angeles, Congregation B’nai David-Judea plans to hire a woman clergy member by September 2015.
Obama leads U.S. in remembrance of Sept. 11 victims
Led by President Barack Obama, Americans commemorated the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Thursday by observing moments of silence for the thousands killed that day at New York City\’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
Who wants to become a Yiddish maven?
My great grandfather, though he lived in Chicago his entire life, only spoke Yiddish (with a sprinkling of English thrown in).
Steven Sotloff memorial at Young Israel of Beverly Hills
None of us can imagine what life was like for Steven Sotloff, all alone in the den of terror, held captive by ‘inhuman’ beings isolated from his family and friends.
Is Yeshivah of Flatbush ‘predatory’ in its scrutiny of girls’ attire?
For years, Melissa Duchan had found the dress code for girls at her Orthodox school in Brooklyn, the Yeshivah of Flatbush, onerous.