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Mar 18, 2024, 7:03 AM

What Esther can teach us about domestic abuse

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While there are many things we can learn from the megillah, one of its unlikely lessons is that much of how we think about domestic abuse is wrong. Typically, abuse is conceived of as something physical, along the lines...

Jun 3, 2022, 6:41 AM

Shavuot – administering Torah responsibly and improving Jewish divorce

NOW THESE ARE THE JUDGMENTS — Wherever אלה, “these are”, is used it cuts off (פוסל) the preceding section from that which it introduces; where, however, ואלה “and these” is used it adds something to the former subject (i....

Oct 27, 2017, 6:43 PM

“Secular” and “Foreign”? A Modern Orthodox Response to Rabbi Shafran

While this, in many ways, a partial response to Rabbi Avi Shafran's recent thoughts on women's rabbinic ordination and the Orthodox Union, I'm not taking the time to write because another armchair written response on the subject is required. ...

Nov 5, 2013, 7:05 PM

Until we overhaul the Chief Rabbinate

There can and should be no list of approved diaspora rabbis, but in the meantime there's a number you can call

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About Me

Rabbi Barry Dolinger is a musmach of RIETS and serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a practicing attorney and serves as the Executive Director of the International Beit Din.