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Pols Add Weight To Orthodox Opposition On Metzitzah

Pushback ratchets up against health department consent proposal on controversial bris rite.

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Missing The Real Story

Although I am not excusing an act of violence by Jewish youths in Israel, I do think that such actions should be viewed in their proper perspective (“Attack On Arab Youth Seen As ‘Wake-up Call,” Aug. 24). If the identical set of facts had occurred in an Arab country, albeit with a Jewish victim, this […]

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Delivers Opening Invocation at Republican National Convention

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, the scion of a prominent family of American Orthodox rabbis, delivered the opening invocation at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. “We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government,” Soloveichik proclaimed in a speech that echoed Jewish liturgy in its insistence […]

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Pols Add Weight To Orthodox Opposition On Metzitzah

Missing The Real Story

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Delivers Opening Invocation at Republican National Convention

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Y’all Ready for This?

Remembering Israeli Jazz Pianist Shimrit Shoshan

Controversial Rabbi Pushes Back Against RJC Claims

Summer Quinoa Salad

Today’s Complementary Ed Is Not Your Father’s Hebrew School

An Eclectic Musical Hevreh

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