Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Conservative rabbi is supported by congregation after announcing he is gay and divorcing his wife of 20 years
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Washington Post The leader of one of the Washington region’s most prominent synagogues on Monday came out as gay, telling his thousan...
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Philosophers Debating G-d from NY Times blog
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NY Times by Gary Gutting This is a concluding reflection on my series of 12 interviews with philosophers on religion. I’m g...
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Rav Triebitz:Chol HaMoed Sukkos - What is Beis Din?
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Update - It will be Monday night at the home of Dr. Shulem in Har Nof at 8:30. Rav Triebitz will be speaking this chol haMoed Succos...
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Problem with the Theory of Evolution or "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" (Wizard of Oz)
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My recent posting about Evolution elicited many heated comments. To set the record straight - I am not a champion of a particular biolog...
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Beis Din - Authority comes from being agents of Israeli beis din which had semicha - how does that work?
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Tur (Choshen Mishpat 1): Today, when there is no ordination, all the judges are unqualified according to the Torah, as it is written, “be...
Friday, October 10, 2014
Succoth , She'mimi A'tzeret 74 - Futuristic Happiness
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Allan Katz - Parenting by the book We come out of the Rosh Hashanah – Yom Kippur Te'shuvah = repentance and atonement experience,...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Rabbi Yakov Horowitz's asks parents to speak to their kids about child safety
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Reb Daniel Hope all is well. Could you please post this with a note asking parents to speak to their kids abo...
D.A. Kenneth Thompson failed to keep his promise to crack down on Orthodox child abusers
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Daily Beast Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson ran on the promise that he’d clean up the office’s problems with prosecuting ultra-Orthodox...
Evolution and Religion - an update by an evolutionary biologist
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Update Oct 8, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_views_on_evolution update - added additional sources Oct 2, 2014 While the ...
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Absurd Mandatory sentences: Killing in self-defense is o.k.- but firing a warning shot gets you 20 years!
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CBS News [...] According to Wollard, the young man lunged at him and punched a hole in a wall; the teenager disputes that. But no...
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
Yom HaDin - a reminder of the inherent insecurity of life
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Received the following letter from a friend: Chanced on this story last night listening to NPR on my way home. Would perhaps have ...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Another "cool" charismatic teacher arrested for abuse
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NY Times She got to know Mr. Shaynak — “ShayShay” to his favorites — during her sophomore year, when she and a friend went to his cl...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Emancipation and individual freedom - destroyed the viability of Beis Din
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Justice Menachem Elon (Mishpat Ivri Chapter 41): THE PERIOD OF THE EMANCIPATION A. Internal-Spiritual and External-Political Changes ...
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