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Posts Tagged: orthodox

October 1, 2017 9:56 pm
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Breaking the Ultra-Orthodox Control Over Israel

The Israeli Chief Rabbinate, backed by its ultra-Orthodox political factions, is negatively affecting the entire state of Israel. In previous generations, we were blessed with chief rabbis...

March 22, 2016 8:41 am
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The New York Times’ Obsession With Female Jewish Modesty

Is the New York Times obsessed with tznius -- Jewish modesty? It sure looks like it. How else to explain the paper’s decision to devote column...

January 11, 2016 10:19 pm
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Former French President Sarkozy: We Did Not Fight Nazis to Force Jews to Run to Israel

"We did not fight the Nazis to force the Jews to run to Israel 70 years later," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy before an awards...

March 13, 2015 4:54 pm
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Sports Illustrated Profiles Orthodox NCAA Basketball Player Aaron Liberman

Sports Illustrated magazine featured an extensive profile on Orthodox-Jewish college basketball player Aaron Liberman on Wednesday.  The article details Liberman's efforts to balance faith, academics...

November 13, 2013 3:26 pm
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Jewish Pugilist Foreman Scores First Round Knockout Win, Continuing Stellar Comeback (VIDEO)

Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman scored a stunning first-round knockout victory Tuesday night at a bout in Hollywood, Florida, continuing a stellar comeback that has seen...

January 14, 2013 12:37 am
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Exposing Child Predators Without Defaming the Innocent

One Orthodox Jewish website exposes people accused of sex crimes against children, such as rape, even when no criminal charges have been filed. They...

January 11, 2013 2:17 am
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Orthodox Jewish Family Fights to Keep Daughter on Life Support

Daily Mail - An Orthodox Jewish family whose teenage daughter has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor is fighting to keep her...

October 5, 2012 10:07 am
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British Court Rules in Orthodox Jewish Battle Over Children’s Education

In a legal battle over the education of their children, a British court has ruled in favor of the mother, who opposed her ex-husband's request...

August 8, 2012 1:37 pm
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Holocaust Museum With Focus on Orthodox Jews To Open In Brooklyn Next Spring

According to a UJA study conducted last year, 23 percent of Brooklyn's 2.4 million residents are Jewish, including an estimated 9,000 Holocaust survivors, the largest...

July 31, 2012 3:02 pm
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Un-Orthodox Orthodox Art

Jacqueline Nicholls is a fine artist in her words "...who...

July 6, 2012 11:47 am
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Study on Arranged Marriages Reveals that Orthodox Jews May Have it Right

For the past eight years, Robert Epstein, the Harvard-educated Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, has...

July 3, 2011 6:25 pm
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Loosening Anglo-Jewry’s Corset

Eleven years ago, I lived in the UK and, though I served primarily as rabbi to students at Oxford University, I gradually expanded the scope...

June 23, 2011 6:19 pm
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Shalom Rubashkin’s Universal Narrative

Yet again, the plight of Agriprocessors boss Shalom Rubashkin has been the subject of more media attention, as his attorneys argued an appeal before a...

April 15, 2011 2:53 pm
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Indentured Figures

"Freedom has a thousand charms to show, that slaves, howe er contented, never know." -William Cowper The New York Times ran a piece this week on the...

World

‘Everyone in Danger’: Concordia University Refuses to Investiga...

Jewish students at Concordia University in Montreal must fend for themselves when their anti-Zionist classmates resort to assault and harassment...

Middle East

Hezbollah Tells Iran It Would Fight Alone in War With Israel

With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran's Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon's Hezbollah, an...

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