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FYI BR: Ballet auditions and a Jewish law course happening soon
11 Jan 2026 10:41 GMT
Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre audition dates for summer intensives
Each year, Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre brings celebrated dance companies to Baton Rouge to audition regional dancers for limited spots in their prestigious programs. Summer intensives provide …
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'Why Am I a Jew?' A sincere attempt at addressing big questions about Judaism - book review
11 Jan 2026 08:51 GMT
… “What Is Judaism?” “Who’s a Jew?” “What Are Jewish Values?” “Why … was aimed at practicing Jews perplexed by apparent contradictions … adhere to rabbinic directives, “Jewish law and communal way of life … described as an “American rabbi and avant-garde thinker” …
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From pop stars to tefillin pop-ups, Oct. 7 changed how Israel’s ‘somewhat observant’ practice Judaism
09 Jan 2026 21:55 GMT
… Judaism in Israel and Europe.) Roughly one-third of Israeli Jews … “not so religious.”
A rabbi mans a stand to pray … ” – meaning they accept traditional Jewish law, known as halacha, as valid … a coercive edge, with some rabbis and others treating “returning” …
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How technology could reshape Jewish life
09 Jan 2026 19:23 GMT
… ago examining what Orthodox Jewish law and Judaism might look like in … : Shutterstock)
Addressing more conservative rabbis who fear what lies ahead … world of study and Jewish law."
What is your … rabbi. For two decades he has dealt with issues of Jewish law …
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Police violence against Ethiopian Jews is ongoing
08 Jan 2026 15:51 GMT
… the limits of democratic and Jewish law, but he won… ), Integrity, Philosophy, Jews (Judaism, Zionism, Holocaust and Jewish Liberation), the Climate … a little. One of his rabbis calls him Mr. Innovation … 39;s an Orthodox Jew but not a rabbi. *
His writing …
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‘Being a female Orthodox rabbi is a start-up job’
08 Jan 2026 12:15 GMT
… it happen”, said Rabbi Lorie, adding: “Many rabbis from Progressive denominations have … she had previously been appointed rabbi-in-training.
In partnership minyans … of Orthodox Jewish law, but neither these congregations nor Orthodox female rabbis are …
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Remember When: ‘Will Conflict Permanently Divide the Jews?’
07 Jan 2026 20:31 GMT
… Permanently Divide the Jews?” (Photo credit: Washington Jewish Week)
Walter … Jewish religious law.
Butler’s op-ed navigates the question of whether Conservative Judaism … but simultaneously prohibits Conservative rabbis from officiating at interfaith weddings …
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Scandal in Victorian Limerick when woman tried to marry late husband’s brother
11 Jan 2026 12:52 GMT
… quickly rejected with “that is Jewish law but we are dealing here …
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The Unapologetic Reality of Israel: From Fantasy to Adulthood
11 Jan 2026 08:12 GMT
… For nearly two millennia, Jews lived as minorities whose … essential. A Jewish state that abandons Jewish moral grammar … , cruelty, indifference—that Jewish law anticipated precisely because it … executive, lifelong student of Jewish philosophy, and frequent …
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When Power Claims Moral Certainty
11 Jan 2026 00:59 GMT
… 3:2). And Avot de Rabbi Natan (Chapter 28) “for … Jews instinctively accept the claim that Maduro lacks moral legitimacy. Jewish law … (Deuteronomy 16:20). The rabbis famously ask why the word … precisely as judgment deteriorates.
Judaism’s ethical system exists …