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Friday Night Music and Women as Orthodox Clergy

There has been a marked growth in the use of instrumental music for Friday night services, including a rise in ...

How to Hate the Gays

Last night I was working at our local co-op market. The crowd there is pretty diverse — Hasidic Jews, Caribbean ...

Secrets of an Orthodox Matchmaker

Chana Rachel Frumin is the director and founder of the Jerusalem Narrative Family Therapy Institute, where she is a marriage ...

Family Matters

A man is unable to marry because the Israeli Rabbinate decides that he is actually an adoptee, although there is ...

Ending Kaddish on Tisha B’Av

In a few hours we begin mourning the destruction of the Temple. Tisha B’Av is considered the saddest day of ...

Jews, God and Videotape: An Interview With Jeffrey Shandler

America in the 20th century saw an explosion of technology that was unprecedented. People, whether they were comfortable with it ...

Tisha B’Av, Music, and Starbucks

Rabbi Reuven Hammer sees much present relevance to what Jeremiah had to say about the destruction of the first Temple ...

Michael Jackson, Power Girl, and the Deeper Meaning of Chests

I just took a walk outside on the rare lunchtime spent in the company of fresh air — well, as ...

Wise Fridays: Where Clarity Comes From

All clarity derives from faith, and faith is initially a composite of fear and love. The soul in its inner ...

The West Bank and Settlements

With none of the security barrier’s four “fingers” (e.g. to enclose Ariel and Kedumim) built, and large gaps (e.g. between ...

My Prayer Is Over 140 Characters…Does God Still Care?

When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was going to be a passing fad. Having already had Facebook, ...

“I Keep Kosher, But I Eat Dairy in Restaurants”

How many times have you heard that one? Growing up, it wasn’t a big surprise: our family would go out ...

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