Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Monday, October 19, 2015
Poll: Should Tamar Epstein's heter and poskim be revealed or kept secret?
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I put a poll in the sidebar concerning the issue of the secrecy of the nature of Tamar Epstein's heter and the identify of the poskim...
A Rapist’s Nightmare
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NY Times FOR as long as anyone can remember, upper-caste men in a village here in northern India preyed on young girls. The rapes con...
Friday, October 16, 2015
L.A. Teacher of Year fired for child abuse by new special committee
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LA Times When a colleague complained that Rafe Esquith, the most celebrated teacher in Los Angeles, had made a joke about nudity to hi...
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Noach; The dimensions of the GIGANTIC "Re'em" creature
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Chazal discuss a creature, called the Re'em, that was the size of a mountain.... Was it a very tall animal? or was it actually sh...
The Tower of Babel, A lesson for educators by Allan Katz
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Allan Katz The parasha of the Tower of Babel and the subsequent dispersion brings to mind the totalitarian dictatorships and commu...
Tamar Epstein and the Scarlet Letter: The Kaminetskys and Rabbinic sanctioned adultery
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Jewish society is faced with a major crisis - how to deal with a case of rabbinic sanctioned adultery. On the one hand we have adultery -...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Tamar Epstein: Rav Gestetner condemns her remarriage without a Get
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Rav Gestetner's Letter Condemning Tamar Epstein's Marriage
Tamar Epstein Case: Why the Kamenetskys think the annulment will be accepted
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guest post Tamar Epstein’s annulment and remarriage, apparently with the support of Rabbi Kamenetsky is consistent with their history...
Palestine: The Psychotic Stage -The truth about why Palestinians have been seized by their present blood lust
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Wall Street Journal By Bret Stephens If you’ve been following the news from Israel, you might have the impression that “violence”...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The Real Obama Doctrine - avoid risk!
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Wall Street Journal Henry Kissinger long ago recognized the problem: a talented vote-getter, surrounded by lawyers, who is overly ris...
Palestinians protest the "heinous crime" of Israelis killing terrorists who attack Jews
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Only the New York Times could report the Palestinian drivel with a straight face. Only the NY Times could accompany an article about Pale...
Consequences of public knowledge of divorce details.The day after the Tamar Epstein heter is univerally rejected by our Rabbis
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The tragedy of the Tamar Epstein case has becoming apparent for everyone to see. Following her rabbinic mentors she has gotten remarried ...
Miriam Kosman: Exploring Gender in Judaism - Wednesday 8 p.m. Israel Center
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Just received this and thought it would be of interest Just wanted to let those who reside in the Holy Land know about this lecture t...
Monday, October 12, 2015
A Communication from Open Orthodoxy, with Reply
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Cross-Currents Dear editor [Cross-Currents], On the advice of my legal counsel I wanted to put you on notice that I will pursue every ...
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