Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Rav Moshe Sternbuch, shlita - Guidelines for calling the Police
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There is a widespread impression that the police and the chareidi world have an inherently antagonistic relationship. There is also a wi...
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Conversion crisis reflects fundamental changes in Religious Zionism
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Haaretz has a thought provoking article by Avirama Golan This Shavuot will find N. preoccupied and anguished. N., a young woman born in Swit...
Agudath Israel defends Rev. Hagee's remarks about Holocaust
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Cross-Currents has Avi Shafran's defense of Rev. Hagee's comment about the Holocaust From the Mouths of Ministers by Rabbi Shafran ...
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Zionism - Christian, secular or Jewish?
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Due to the unresolved debate concerning the nature of Zionism - just wanted to cite the Britannica on the subject. [Prof Yosef Salmon'...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Israeli Supreme Court to rule on validity of rejected conversions
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Jerusalem Post reports on June 6, 2008 Do the rabbinical courts have the right to reject conversions approved by independent religious cour...
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Shavuos VII - why do we say it is the Time of the Giving of the Torah
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We all know that Shavuos is the Time of the Giving of the Torah. However such a designation is problematic 1) There is no reference in t...
Shavuos VI - Na'aseh v'Nishma - willing or forced acceptance of Torah? - Written vs. Oral Torah
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As mentioned in my previous posting Shavuos V there seems to be conflicting views as to whether the Torah was accepted willlingly - na'a...
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Impact of blogs - "Sometimes the good guys win"
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Jonathan Rosenblum recently wrote sent out a column from the Yated Ne'eman (June 6, 2008). The conclusion of the column was the follow...
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Israelis want more immigrants but only if they are Jewish or converts
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YNET June 5, 2008 P oll: Majority of Israelis support conversions [Haaretz also had an article] New data presented by Immigrant Absorptio...
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Ed Koch defends Rev. Hagee's Zionist theology
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Jerusalem Post June 5, 2008 Koch's Comments: The Christian-Jewish alliance by Ed Koch [...] Several years ago Rev. Hagee delivered ...
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Is the Israeli Rabbinate an oppressive anachronism?
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Bartley Kulp has left a new comment on your post " Conversion crisis - Victory for the Haredim ": Jersey Girl said... Letter w...
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Shavuos V - Na'aseh v'Nishma - acceptance of obligation to observe mitzvos
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Viewing the Revelation at Sinai as a process of conversion - Rav Moshe Feinstein ( Igros Moshe(Y.D. 3:112)) suggested that the proclamation ...
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Eternal Jewish Family - conversion and the acceptance of mitzvos
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Jerusalem Post May 29, 2008 by Jonathan Rosenblum [...] I was reminded of that nearly forgotten article recently by media coverage of the d...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Host mothers & Jewish identity - who is the mother?
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One of the hot topics in Israel is the question of a child born from a surrogate mother. Frum women who can not get pregnant are donating eg...
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