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The Inconsistency in the Torah exchange, part 2: Between biblical criticism and religious belief
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.
Why does a shul need a Maharat?
A recent opinion piece in the Washington Jewish Week by Barbara Zakheim praised her Orthodox congregation (the National Synagogue in Washington, DC) for hiring a Maharat, a female spiritual leader.
What ‘Divergent’ can teach us about post-denominational Judaism
Picture a society that subdivides its members into factions, each of which has a unique virtue, and then enforces a separation of those groups so strict that it hunts down any person who would dare blur the boundaries.
Letters to the Editor: Hillel serves up diverse buffet and Orthodoxy dividing the community
Hillel at UCLA enjoys a good relationship with the local Chabad (“Sharing the Next Gen — Hillel and Chabad on Campus,” Oct. 25). The unconditional love they exhibit is indeed laudable, and it is true that Chabad’s free Friday night dinners influenced us to also offer our dinners for free
In Israeli military, a growing Orthodoxy
Roni Daniel saw the writing on the wall in a toilet. A former infantry commander who fought in three Middle East wars and now the dean of Israeli defense correspondents, Daniel recently visited military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Books: A heretic with fries on the side
Consider, then, Shalom Auslander. In his corrosively funny memoir, \”Foreskin\’s Lament,\” he claims he is a foreskin: singled out, cut off and cast forth. In reality, he is something much more Jewish, almost essentially so. He\’s an apikores, a heretic.
Hindu widows, remembering Marcy, Conservatives are dishy, Oh! Happy Day!
Various Letters to the Editor regarding previously published stories