simmons | July 16, 2017
The Israeli chief rabbinate says that its list of foreign rabbis has been misconstrued, and that the list does not imply that those rabbis cannot be trusted to vouch for the Jewish identities of their followers. Last Saturday, JTA reported on a list of some 160 rabbis whose efforts to confirm the Jewish identities of immigrants were rejected by Israels charedi-dominated chief rabbinate. In order to get married in Israel, immigrants must provide the rabbinate proof of their Jewish identity, often in the form of a letter from a rabbi in their home community
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simmons | July 15, 2017
Throughout my years in Jewish outreach I have heard the phrase Dont judge Judaism by the Jews utilized numerous times in response to bad behavior exhibited by religious Jews. I have even employed the expression myself once in awhile.
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simmons | July 15, 2017
Review: 'The Women's Balcony,' a film by Emil Ben-Shimon 3.5Overall Score Using Orthodox Judaism as a jumping off point for a larger conversation about broader societal issues, Emil Ben-Shimons dramedy The Womens Balcony takes on a specific religious and cultural viewpoint to spin a politically loaded, deceptively secular yarn.
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admin | July 15, 2017
In the aftermath of the drowning of Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans, leader of the Jewish Taliban cult Lev Tahor in Mexico, the ultra-Orthodox press in Israel has been rife with reports regarding the location of his funeral and burial, and speculation as to which member of the cult will succeed him as leader of the reclusive group of 40 families believed to be in a remote southern part of Mexico, weeks after fleeing Guatemala, where they had lived for three years. One ultra-Orthodox website, Kikar HaShabbat, published a short but disturbing video account of life inside the cult recorded in stealth by a 14-year-old member, describing severe abuse at the hands of men in Lev Tahor.
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simmons | July 15, 2017
July 14, 2017 by Gina Ravenscroft, Nigel Laing And Royston Ong, The Conversation Couples thinking about kids can be screened for genes that may cause disease in their offspring. Credit: Redd Angelo, Unsplash, CC BY-SA The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended obstetricians, gynaecologists and other related health care providers offer pre-pregnancy carrier screening for genetic diseases to all patients.
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simmons | July 15, 2017
Rabbi David Lau, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, speaking in Berlin, Germany in 2013.
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simmons | July 15, 2017
While the anti-Semites continue to spin their wheels trying to convince college student governments to adopt meaningless divestment resolutions and persuade rock stars to boycott Israel, the prime ministers of Israel andIndiaare having a lovefest and the worlds most populous democracy is signing contracts with Israel worth billions of dollars. What must be particularly galling to theBDSadvocates is that India was once a vigorous adherent to the Arab League boycott.
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richards | July 14, 2017
Israel Hayom 'The main reason for French aliyah is Zionism , and that is fine' Israel Hayom French Ambassador to Israel Helene Le Gal says she supports French Jews who "want to come to Israel for Zionist values" She says France and Israel share common values and stresses that despite terrorism, France is still a preferred tourism destination. UN Resolution Anti- Zionism = Anti-Semitism Intermountain Jewish News Thomas L. Friedman: A double blow to Israel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Inclusion and the Jewish group that demonizes Jews JNS.org Rutland Herald - Heritage Florida Jewish News - The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com all 65 news articles »
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simmons | July 14, 2017
One day before the outbreak of the first world war, a precocious boy called Gerhard Scholem burst into a room at home and began the rite of symbolically castrating his father. Papa, I think I want to be a Jew, he exclaimed. He was planning to learn Hebrew, study the Bible and become a Zionist
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simmons | July 14, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Synagogue membership? There are reasons to be hopeful Jewish Chronicle Following last week's JPR report, it is important to spell out what this data means for the United Synagogue . Although the study did not supply specific data for the US, we recognise that as by far the largest synagogue movement of any denomination, we ..
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