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Orthodox Jewish judge Alvin Hellerstein to preside over Maduro case in Manhattan
04 Jan 2026 08:29 GMT
… K. Hellerstein, an Orthodox Jew and one of the … attention in Israel and Jewish communities worldwide, given Maduro … government.
Hellerstein’s Orthodox Jewish background is rarely emphasized … is known for observing Jewish law while maintaining a reputation …
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Are Jews a Nation, a Family, or a Religious Community?
04 Jan 2026 07:53 GMT
… Judaism, it would effectively declare that Jewish identity depends upon observance of Jewish law … identity as a Jew is determined … Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, in explaining matrilineal descent (The Jewish … genetically, and emotionally. Jews are a religion, …
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Judaism’s worst sin, degrading G^d’s Name, has never been annulled
03 Jan 2026 22:17 GMT
… news audiences but by those Jews.
Jews learn that we should regard … make Judaism look bad, you hamper that too. Jewish Law says that all Jews … a little. One of his rabbis calls him Mr. Innovation [Ish … 's an Orthodox Jew but not a rabbi. *
His writing has …
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Armenia’s Jews in Israel: A legacy of migration and dual identity
03 Jan 2026 18:14 GMT
… Christian man; under Halakha, or Jewish religious law, which holds that Jewish identity is passed … intermarriage. Rabbi Burshtein estimates that between 100 and 200 Jews currently reside …
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Orthodox Judaism is making space for women's religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
03 Jan 2026 12:38 GMT
When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a … in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that … rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit executive for a Jewish … organization or a scholar of Jewish law — and, increasingly …
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Do Jews Need Jesus?
02 Jan 2026 16:21 GMT
… is not “Judaism plus.” It is Christianity in Jewish costume.
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Reform Judaism is an internal Jewish argument about how Jews live … a dispute about modernizing Jewish law. It is an external … that emerged from Jewish matrices. Jews can respect Christians …
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Is Christianity Reform Judaism?
02 Jan 2026 01:13 GMT
… as a practicing Jew, shaped by Jewish law, scripture, worship, … religion, but as Jews who believed they … .
Law: Judaism is governed by Halakha; Christianity generally … Jewish law as evolving rather than universally binding, it remains firmly within Judaism …
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Endings and the New Shape of Jewish Grief – Parashat Vayechi
29 Dec 2025 19:08 GMT
… But we do know this:
Judaism creates ritual containers for communal … .
And that is Jewish too.
Because Judaism doesn’t ask us … University.
Rabbi Stein has served on the Committee on Jewish Law and … of the Philadelphia Board of Rabbis, and is a Certified …
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In Defense of a Judeo-Christian America
04 Jan 2026 03:27 GMT
… Christian nation owing nothing to Judaism. Hanson has reluctantly taken … on the basis of the Jewish law tradition, which had become … admitted a deep admiration of Judaism in his correspondence with … that Chance had ordered the Jews to preserve and propagate, …
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The Day That Changed Israel — But Will Not Name Israel – Shemot
04 Jan 2026 03:07 GMT
… and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, … .
Rabbi Stein has served on the Committee on Jewish Law and … the Philadelphia Board of Rabbis, and is a Certified … articles exploring the intersection of Jewish tradition, ethics, and …