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He Was Rav Because She Was Rebbetzin

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:28 p.m. Torah: Gen. 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: I Kings 1:1-31 Havdalah: 5:27 p.m. “Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, which is Hebron. … And Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep over her.”[Genesis 23:2] What was Sarah doing in Hebron? Abraham, Sarah and Isaac lived in Beersheba. The text even tells us […]

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Applications Now Open For French Rail Restitution

Those transported to camps by national railroad, and their heirs, eligible for $60 million in payments.

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On Restating That Women Rabbis Are Taboo

One can only wonder at the single-minded focus and dedication of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), the largest body of Orthodox rabbis in North America, to passionately pursue, comment on and pass resolutions on the key issues facing Modern Orthodoxy, and perhaps American and world Jewry today. I refer specifically to this past week’s […]

New Context Shapes Miller’s Shoah Play

New Study Challenges Bleak Outcomes Of Intermarriage

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Confronting The Roots Of Violence

Pew Study: More Americans Reject Religion, But Believers Firm In Faith

NY Artist Archie Rand Takes On Torah’s 613 Commandments

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In Israel, Women Get Smicha, Prompting RCA To Reaffirm Its Ban

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