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Rabbi Amital’s Legacy and Today’s Arguments
17 Jul 2025 08:23 GMT
… biography of an inspiring Religious Zionist rabbi who offered a different … to the balance of Jewish learning and commitment to … the idea of a “Hesder yeshiva,” in which students both … sense of responsibility for the Jewish family, seeking to strengthen …
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Violent Incidents Flare in Southern Syria, Judea and Samaria, as Religious Party Leaves Netanyahu Coalition
16 Jul 2025 09:43 GMT
… ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party has officially left the … law that would require Yeshiva students to serve in … desk director for the Jewish community in the Binyamin Region … for years, our communities (Jewish and Palestinian) have worked together …
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United Torah Judaism says leaving government over draft exemption law
15 Jul 2025 22:58 GMT
… Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ)—announced Monday … up to the resignation, Rabbi Dov Lando—the spiritual leader … regulate the legal status of yeshiva students and Torah scholars— … resign from the coalition
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch also …
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Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills
15 Jul 2025 16:42 GMT
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(New York Jewish Week) — An Orthodox Jewish music festival will … among legions of Jews and Israelis for blending religious-themed lyrics … the bus to his haredi yeshiva in Israel, as an … other tragedies that befell the Jewish people. The following Shabbat, …
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Say It Loud: Judaism Is Zionism
15 Jul 2025 08:46 GMT
… become a rabbi instead, trading law school for the yeshiva. After a … to reject Zionism. Some Jews have sought to remove themselves … of October 7. “As a Jew….” they write, hiding behind … or disillusionment with Judaism itself, in order for the Jewish people to …
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Haredi soldiers are dying for Israel—stop the smear campaign against Torah Jews
15 Jul 2025 08:41 GMT
… of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews as outsiders in the fight … arrest of yeshiva students—Torah scholars whose only “crime” is religious devotion … be true for one of Judaism’s oldest and most sacred … keeping alive the heartbeat of Jewish heritage. The light of …
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A cholent crisis? Rabbi’s ruling against Shabbat stew on Thursday nights briefly roils Israel
11 Jul 2025 17:01 GMT
… but not strictly haredi Jews, according to Melissa Weintraub … weddings, bar mitzvahs and other religious celebrations — is fully permitted, … serving it in yeshivas, with the rabbi clarifying that students … from halachic rebuke.
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Conservative Judaism relaunches Israel gap-year program with Tel Aviv internships
11 Jul 2025 13:23 GMT
… movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism — says it believes … s website.
Illustrative: Conservative Jews pray at the section … as a “traditional egalitarian” yeshiva, is in the process of … coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
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A Future-Rabbi's Disgust with the Pledge of Allegiance
11 Jul 2025 12:38 GMT
… in the form of radical religion and radical nihilism are … where he connected with his Jewish roots and spent the … ordination program. After teaching yeshiva high school for 23 years … Georgia, and St. Louis, Missouri, Rabbi Goldson established himself as a …
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Why Do Some Jews Support Those Who Hate Them?
11 Jul 2025 01:42 GMT
… they distanced themselves from Judaism — or at least … creates the Jew,” Sartre wrote, “and the Jew, in … religion and national identity — two pillars of Jewish continuity. And yet, many Jews …
Rabbi Benjamin Blech is Professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University …