Backing Prop 8 means standing up for Torah, traditional values
The director of public affairs of Agudath Israel of America says that an assortment of arguments can be made in support of Proposition 8, the measure aimed at amending California’s constitution to enshrine the traditional definition of marriage in state law. Read more »
Learn from Hamodia
The spokesman of Agudath Israel of America argues that a haredi newspaper's policy against publishing images of women should trigger thoughtful reflection, not derision. Read more »
Don’t welcome intermarrieds
There is simply no way – not in the real world – to warmly welcome intermarrieds without welcoming intermarriage, Rabbi Avi Shafran writes. Read more »
Court decision prevents murder
Those who have asserted that Jewish religious tradition is somehow offended by the recently upheld Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are misinformed and, in turn, misinform, Rabbi Avi Shafran writes. Read more »
Cremation isn’t Jewish
Jews are charged to show "honor for the dead" by consigning human bodies, in as undisturbed a state as possible, to the earth. That makes cremation antithetical to Judaism, Rabbi Avi Shafran writes. Read more »
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Updated 11/07/09 @ 10:12PM EDT
- President Obama canceled a scheduled appearance before the Jewish federations' General Assembly.
- The Union for Reform Judaism passed a resolution urging equal services for Israeli Arabs.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has evidence that Iran may have tested an advanced nuclear warhead design, according to a British newspaper.
- The United States vetoed an Israeli plan to attack a ship bearing weapons allegedly from Iran to Hezbollah, according to a report in an Arabic-language newspaper.
- The Obama administration expects to keep working with Mahmoud Abbas despite his planned resignation as Palestinian Authority president.
- Obama cancels GA appearance
- Reform endorse qual treatment for Israeli Arabs
- Iran may have tested secret nuclear warhead design
- Report: U.S. stopped Israeli attack on weapons ship
- U.S. sees Abbas in continuing role
- Groups blast UNGA Goldstone vote
- Israel delivers swine flu vaccines to Palestinian Authority
- Abbas announces he won’t run for re-election
- Mideast peace push cited in Obama Nobel
- Obama’s Nobel, Israel’s problem?
- Jews of color come together to explore identity
- FBI: Alleged spy wannabe asked for Israeli citizenship
- Family likely murdered by professional killer
- New signs that Ethiopian aliyah will resume
- U.S. appetite for Israeli food grows
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
