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Judicial Reform - What is Really Going On
Agriculture minister, Avi Dichter (Arutz Sheva)Emotions are running high in Israel. The anti reform protests are reaching a fever pitch. How I
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Don’t Say Gay - Is Not What It's All About
DeSantis signing the Parental Rights in Education bill last year (WCTV)I’m with DeSantis. Calling his legislation against teaching LGBTQ+ issues to
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A Constitutional Crisis?
Session of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee - March 20, 2023 (JTA)Ben Sales of JTA reports the following: In a country that is
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Jewish American? Or American Jew?
(JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)So which is it? Are you an American Jew or a Jewish-American? This question was posed by Andrew Silow-Carroll in a
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Can a Transgender Jew Live a Halachic Life?
The Teshuva Writing Collective (JTA)A Queer Yeshiva? Yes, such an institution does exist. Right here in Chicago, as a matter of fact. I don’t know
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The World is Falling Apart!
January 6, 2021 - Is a sequel on the horizon?No one is above the law. Not even the President or former President of the United States. When
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The Significance of the Differences Among Us
By Rabbi Mark Trencher, guest contributorNishma Research logo from their websiteA few days ago, I discussed a Yated article by Rabbi Avrohom
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Jew Against Jew - The Enemy is Us!
Netanyahu and Herzog (TOI)Hard to believe it’s come to this. Although I actually predicted this possibility myself. I was not alone it seems. I
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School Choice and Jewish Education
Image from The Center for Education ReformSchool choice is in the news again. In a very positive way, as far as I am concerned. The idea of
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How Many Types of Jews Are There?
Images from the YatedRabbi Avrohom Gordimer has an op-ed in the Yated about a new Nishma Research study that gathered statistics about the beliefs
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Reimagining the Jewish Experience is Not the Solution
Rabbinical students at Hebrew Union College (Tablet)I often discuss the tragic decline of American Jewry. A tragedy of second only to the Holocaust
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Is Israel on the Precipice of Civil War?
Israel's biggest protest ever (BBC)I don’t recall ever feeling so pessimistic about Israel’s future. I am not all that surprised by the events
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What Would a Halachic State Look Like?
A comment made by a frequent commentator here - who is a scientist widely respected in his field - and for whom I have a great deal of respect myself
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What Israel's Supreme Court Should Look Like
Is compromise ojudicial reform in the offing? (Algemiener)I dunno. A lot of what I have been reading lately about judicial reform in Israel leads me
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Simcha Isn’t Easy for Everyone
by Mendel Singer - Guest Contributor Purim is certainly a happy chag. Great story of redemption during golus, kids in adorable costumes, festive meal