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In the West Bank
-Fatah is implementing “unprecedented internal reforms to democratize the ailing movement in the face of the electoral threat from political ...
Do Jews Celebrate Birthdays?
While Jewish tradition does not make a big deal of birthdays, there is no problem with celebrating them.
Guide for the Halachic Minyan
More and more Orthodox women are exploring the boundaries of their participation in communal Jewish prayer. An Israeli couple has ...
Aristotle and Judaism
Maimonides reconciled views of the Greek philosopher with Judaism.
Brain Death & Jewish Law
Jewish bioethicists, across the denominational spectrum, tend to consider that cessation of breathing (which is connected to brain stem activity) ...
Holocaust Humor: It’s okay to laugh.
Holocaust humor is a very sensitive topic, rightfully so. Many people are appalled by its existence, and this is a ...
More About Peoplehood
Talking about the decline of Jewish Peoplehood was all the rage in 2007. But the debate between Jewcy’s Joey Kurtzman ...
In the North
-Martin van Creveld makes the argument that “Israel’s War With Hezbollah Was Not a Failure.� (Forward) -There is a report ...
The Truth about Obama
Despite the organized Jewish community publicly coming out and acknowledging that Barack Obama is not anti-Semitic, rumors continue to fly ...
From the Academy: Judith Hauptman
In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...