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Rabbi Elyashiv, venerated leader in ultra-Orthodox community, dies at 102
Gaza :: Palestine | 10 months ago
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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community in Israel and one of the most well-known figures in the Haredi world, died Wednesday at the age of 102. Elyashiv died Wednesday at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem,
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Nathan Diament bestrides Orthodox, Washington worlds
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 10 months ago
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He was a generous passer, he said of the school's Law Review editor and the future U.S. president. He was competitive, but at an appropriate level of competitiveness...It's an acquaintance that continues to serve Diament to this day on his mission of
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The Powers of New York: The Heavy Hitters
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Companies, has clashed with fellow developers like Donald Trump and Joseph Moinian, and has wrestled with New York's powerful construction unions over wages and work rules. Now, at the planned $15 billion, 26-acre Hudson Yards development on the West
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Brooklyn DA refuses to release details of Orthodox sex abuse suspects
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Charles Hynes's refusal comes as New York judges ruled for a mistrial in the case of Baruch Lebovits (above). Photograph: New York Daily News/Getty Images Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes has refused a freedom of information request for
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An Obesity Problem in the Orthodox Community?
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 year ago
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Posted by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Follow JewishJournal.com on It is beautiful how much emphasis there is on Shabbat and holiday celebration in American Orthodoxy. However, the celebration of the values of health and exercise are sorely lacking in
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Seniors | Observant survivors keep the faith, in their own ways
Budapest :: Hungary | 1 year ago
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Follow j. on and jerusalem It's a huge question for observant Jews: How can one still believe in a merciful God after suffering through the worst genocide in history? Many notable survivors, including Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, have
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Observant survivors keep the faith after Holocaust
Warsaw :: Poland | over 1 year ago
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Associated Press AP Photo In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 photo, Ultra Orthodox Jewish holocaust survivors hold a weekly meeting and Torah class at the Misgav Lakashish seniors' club in the orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem.
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Homosexuals in the Orthodox Community -by Rabbi Zev Farber
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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42 pm Homosexuals in the Orthodox Community -by Rabbi Zev Farber Posted by Rabbi Hyim Shafner Follow JewishJournal.com on -Rabbi Zev Farber was ordained (yoreh yoreh and yadin yadin) by YCT Rabbinical School...Rabbi Farber serves on the board of the
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IDF rabbis' loyalties are, first and foremost, with the ultra-Orthodox community
Tel Aviv :: Israel | over 1 year ago
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I remember being favorably impressed with the open atmosphere that Ravad created, transforming a ceremony that is often daunting and protracted, especially for those with little religious background, into an abbreviated, painless and user-friendly
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Rabbi Marries Orthodox Gay Couple
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Rabbi Steven Greenberg, who has been an advocate for gays in the Orthodox community, married Yoni Bock and Ron Kaplan last week before 200 guests at Washington DC's Historic 6th and I Synagogue. The couple has been together since 2005 and agreed to
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