Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Ross Singer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 21 May 2013 19:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The significance of Rav Stav’s candidacy http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/119896/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/119896/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:13:13 +0000 Ross Singer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=119896 Rabbi David Stav has focused his campaign to be Chief Rabbi on a biting critique of the current state of the Rabbinate. He has noted the troubling numbers of Israelis who go overseas to marry instead of wedding under the auspices of the state Rabbinate. He has noted the apathy, or worse, of the Rabbinic [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/119896/feed/ 14 Why Yair Lapid is good news for Torah study http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yesh-atid-is-good-for-torah-study/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yesh-atid-is-good-for-torah-study/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:05:53 +0000 Ross Singer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98270 With Yesh Atid’s tremendous showing in the recent elections, the subject of integration of the Haredi community into larger Israeli society will surely dominate the upcoming coalition deliberations. Beyond the party’s demand for the drafting of ultra-Orthodox young people into national service, Yesh Atid is insisting on their conscription into the work force to alleviate the economic [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/yesh-atid-is-good-for-torah-study/feed/ 8 For Ashkenazi Orthodoxy, a new heart in the east? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-ashkenazi-orthodoxy-a-new-heart-in-the-east/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-ashkenazi-orthodoxy-a-new-heart-in-the-east/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:01:18 +0000 Ross Singer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=70432 My wife loves to tell the story about how I led the Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) in our Yemenite landlord’s home. When they tried to give me the honor, I demurred at first, saying I didn’t know how to recite it according to the Yemenite custom. They insisted I could lead in whatever fashion [...]

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