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Sep 24, 2018, 8:15 PM

I’m an Iranian, not a terrorist; I want to be Israeli and Jewish

Israel saved me from Iran and Turkey, but now I need help to become a citizen and to convert to the religion of my father

Sep 18, 2018, 6:05 PM

Converting outside the courts of the Chief Rabbinate

Efrat's Rabbi Shlomo Riskin officiates at a conversion examination for the Giyur Kahalacha conversion court, November 2015. (courtesy/file)

Haredi opposition threatens Israeli democracy, the rule of law, the judciary's independence, and the partnership between Israel and world Jewry

Allen S. Maller

Sep 16, 2018, 7:01 AM

Scientists find identical twins have unique souls at birth

Judaism, Christianity and Islam teach that every human, including identical twins who share an identical genome, have unique individual souls at birth. But until now there was no scientific evidence to show how that happened. Parents of identical twins have...

Sep 13, 2018, 11:47 AM

Why I’m having an Orthodox wedding

Illustrative. A chuppah, wedding canopy, at a Jewish wedding.

We're already married and we don't believe in God, but I want a chuppah and ketubah anyway

Sep 5, 2018, 6:31 AM

Being a Homeless Jew

As we conclude this long, Labor Day Weekend, somewhere between fixing the camper and visiting some local Jewish communities in Detroit, a sad realization dawned on me. I’m a homeless Jew! No, not in the physical sense (though many would argue...

Aug 25, 2018, 12:11 PM

Studying @ Aish HaTorah Yeshiva in Jerusalem

He walks towards me looking like kingly royalty. He looks like an archangel from heaven. He has a long white beard. He wears a black-on-black dress suit with a black hat. He looks like the Prophet Moses on Mount...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 23, 2018, 10:46 PM

Pharaoh’s anti-Israelite policy explained

Why were the Jews enslaved in Egypt? Partly because Abraham failed to give some non-Jews an opportunity to convert says the Talmud (Neddarim 32a): “Why was our Father Abraham punished and his children doomed to Egyptian servitude for two...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 19, 2018, 3:56 AM

When half of all Koreans will make aliyah

I have a question based on this news report about Koreans learning Talmud: What Lost Tribe are the Koreans? I mean, what other reason could there be for so many Gentiles learning Talmud than that they're not Gentiles at...

Jul 11, 2018, 1:21 PM

Israel’s Immigration Policy: A Mixture of Racism and Idiocy

Just imagine what would have happened if the labor migrants or refugees from Eritrea (let's leave the answer to the question what they really are to another article) announced all of a sudden that they were converting to Judaism....

Allen S. Maller

Jul 1, 2018, 8:41 AM

Pre 9 Av political advice from our sages

During the three weeks between the Fast of Tamuz and Tisha B’Av, the topic of the unrestrained hatred of other Jews (sinat khinam) should be carefully studied and talked about especially in Israel; for our sages say that both...

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