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Oct 19, 2021, 11:00 PM

Forced to leave Israel by Rabbinate and Interior Ministry

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No government should push its citizens out of the country, but that's what happened when my overseas marriage wasn't recognized and my love lost his visa

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan

Aug 11, 2021, 12:15 PM

Maternal Bloodline vs. Paternal Bloodline

Why is the Maternal Bloodline More Important than the Paternal Bloodline? By Cookie Schwaeber-Issan It’s always been odd to me that in Judaism, the ethnicity of one parent automatically makes you Jewish while the ethnicity of the other parent does not. According...

Avrohom Gordimer

Aug 9, 2021, 6:23 PM

The Truth About Conversion for Artem Dolgopyat

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Last week, Rabbi Hayim Leiter posted an article that enthusiastically argues for a "quickie" Orthodox conversion of Artem Dolgopyat, the Israeli gold medalist born in Ukraine to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. Rabbi Leiter explains: When someone like...

Aug 8, 2021, 3:50 PM

Artem – brother or other?

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel celebrates after winning the gold medal on the floor exercise in the artistic gymnastics men's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

Israel must find a way to allow marriage for all and the best option is to set up a civil union track that doesn't undercut the Rabbinate's halachic authority

Kenneth Jacobson

Aug 8, 2021, 1:24 PM

Dolgopyat case underscores urgent need for civil marriage in Israel

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel celebrates after winning the gold medal on the floor exercise in the artistic gymnastics men's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

The Olympic gold medal won for floor exercise by gymnast Artem Dolgopyat was truly a shining moment in the history of Israeli athletics. Israel had won only one gold medal prior to this, an important moment as well, won by...

Jonathan Muskat

Aug 6, 2021, 7:05 AM

Thank You, Artem Dolgopyat

The Olympics is a time to get excited for our home country, a time when we cheer for the athletes from our home country to win medals. As an American Jew, I get excited when Americans win medals and...

Aug 5, 2021, 5:39 PM

Civil marriage now

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Most Israelis want the state to stop denying hundreds of thousands of citizens the right to marry – and this government might even be able to make the change

Aug 2, 2021, 3:24 PM

I’d marry Artem Dolgopyat in an instant – even without the gold medal

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel celebrates after winning the gold medal on the floor exercise in the artistic gymnastics men's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on August 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

He has a Jewish father, he threw his lot in with the Jewish state and people, he is a 'seed of Israel,' and entitled by Jewish law to an easy pathway to conversion

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