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 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Sniffing underwear and other high jinks in satire on intermarriage
