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Rabbi Emeritus of Chevrei Tzedek Congregation, Baltimore, MD
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Mar 27, 2021, 12:38 AM
The way out
Step one — seat the Knesset. Step two — pass the proposed law prohibiting a Knesset member under indictment from serving as Prime Minister. (This should not be hard if the next steps have already been negotiated). Step three (this is...
Sep 29, 2019, 7:31 AM
A Unity Government Is in Order
What is holding up a unity government? The numbers seem clearly to point to the need for Likud and Blue and White to find a way to govern the country together from the middle. They have achieved rough parity at...
Nov 23, 2016, 6:50 AM
Politics corrupts even rabbis
There is debate over the propriety of the appointment of Rabbi Eyal Karim to the post of chief rabbi of the IDF which resurfaces an old objection. The problem -- his view expressed originally on kipa.co.il in 2003 that...
Mar 13, 2016, 9:05 PM
What’s Wrong with the Headline: Nearly Half of Jewish Israelis Want to Expel Arabs
Actually, there are many things that could be said to be wrong with this headline, not least of which is the apparent moral failing it reports. Was this not the stance of Meir Kahane for which his Kach party...
Jul 8, 2015, 5:03 AM
When Orthodox thoughtlessness replaces Jewish thought
David Azoulay, Israel’s newly appointed Minister of Religious Services, a member of the Shas Party, has chosen to opine about his own understanding of Jewish law, and has not acquitted himself well in so doing. Cited in the Times...
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Avram Israel Reisner is Rabbi Emeritus of Chevrei Tzedek Congregation. He has a PhD in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
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