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Rivkah Lubitch
Feb 5, 2025, 3:43 PM
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Widowed by war, trapped by law
Jewish law rarely requires the 'halitzah' ritual of a widow, but when it does, she's at risk, and the numbers have tripled since Oct. 7. It doesn't need to be like this
Jonathan Sacks
Jan 31, 2025, 6:19 AM
The Necessity of Asking Questions (Bo, Covenant & Conversation)
It is no accident that Parshat Bo, the section that deals with the culminating plagues and the Exodus, should turn three times to the subject of children and the duty of parents to educate them. As Jews we believe that...
Gershon Hepner
Jan 30, 2025, 12:21 PM
The Torah that was not written by halakhic man
The Bible doesn’t mention that the sky is blue, and yet the threads that Jews put on their fringes are supposed to make them think of God, who’s in the sky. If true, here is the paradigm this problem to me posed. The...
Jonathan Muskat
Jan 28, 2025, 12:05 AM
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5 insights on Agam Berger and Sabbath violation
Reflections on a rabbinic ruling that Agam's mother should not drive to see her daughter if the hostage soldier is released on a Saturday
Jane Taubenfeld Cohen
Jan 17, 2025, 7:23 AM
Not at my table
As we pray with full hearts for the beginning of the hostages returning home, this is a meaningful moment to pause and reflect on our own lives. It’s an opportunity to examine the midot (character traits) at the core...
Barry Newman
Jan 9, 2025, 10:04 AM
Making the Fast Count for Something
The tenth day in the Hebrew month of Tevet, which this year corresponds to January 10th of the Gregorian calendar, is the second of the four days throughout the year that the destruction of the Temple is remembered and commemorated....
Jonathan Muskat
Jan 8, 2025, 5:22 PM
Teaching Family Planning: Empowering Students to Navigate Halachic Decisions
This week, I finished teaching my unit on family planning in my twelfth-grade medical ethics elective, where I address sensitive topics such as abortion, fertility treatments, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, organ transplantation, brain death, hazardous medical procedures, and end-of-life care....
Liba Lurie
Jan 5, 2025, 3:38 PM
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How raising my kids made me question – and rediscover – my Judaism
When I left my secular past for an Orthodox future, I thought I had all the answers for a fulfilling life. I was wrong
Sharon Shalom
Jan 5, 2025, 7:46 AM
Chabad and the Recognition of the Jewishness of Bete Israel
The Aliyah of Bete Israel, or Ethiopian Jewry, is a remarkable chapter in Israel's history. Their return to their ancestral homeland is a testament to the enduring power of Jewish identity. However, the question of their Jewishness, according to...
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Dec 30, 2024, 2:50 PM
Coming full circle
Parshat Vayigash opens with the following words (Breisheet 44:18): Yehuda approached Yosef and said, “Please master, let your servant speak a word in my master’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.” According...
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