admin | October 30, 2020
Like many progressives in America, as soon as Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court Monday night, my social media feeds erupted with anger over the process and fear that her appointment could presage a rollback of marriage equality. I am a rabbi, so my feeds were also full of fellow Jewish clergy promising, come what may, to perform queer peoples weddings. Thats an important impulse
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admin | October 30, 2020
Becomingfriends with a Chabad Rebbetzin was going to be a different sort ofrelationship from any I had had before.
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admin | October 30, 2020
Language evolves to reflect our understanding of existence. Before Hippocrates, healing was a system of theurgydivine influence on human eventsand religious philosophy. The Greek physician is credited with separating medicine from those previous beliefs.
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admin | October 30, 2020
Israel is gradually emerging from its second COVID-19 lockdown, imposed after things began spiraling out of control here.
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admin | October 28, 2020
This piece was first published by the Forward and is reprinted with permission. During the course of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court seat left open by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death, Amy Coney Barrett often was asked about her judicial philosophy, which she summed up over and over as Originalism.
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admin | October 28, 2020
During the course of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court seat left open by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death, Amy Coney Barrett was often asked about her judicial philosophy, which she summed up over and over as Originalism. Its a view of the law which was favored by Judge Barretts mentor, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, which says that the correct interpretation of the law is the interpretation which would have been intended at the time the law was written. Originalists believe that their way of interpreting the law is the only way to protect the sacred nature of Americas founding document
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admin | October 28, 2020
As we know from the Talmud (or as youre learning right now), each and every one of us has 1,000 demons to our left and 10,000 to our right (Berakhot 6a:4). Its totally normal, but it can get annoying. Demons can cause everything from weak knees to contaminated drinking water (Pesachim 112a:5), and some have even been known to attack a persons self-esteem with extremely sarcastic and hurtful comments (Pesachim 110a:5).
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admin | October 28, 2020
Never miss the best stories and events! Get JewishBoston This Week. This Halloween, get spooked by monsters of Jewish lore as occult expert Peter Bebergal returns to The Vibe of the Tribe, escorting Miriam, Dan and Ashley on their ongoing quest into the Jewish supernatural world
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admin | October 28, 2020
I went to yeshiva for the reason I imagine many men do: because I didnt want to work. The summer after graduating college, I interned (unpaid) at a newspaper; toward the end, it was intimated that a job working for a columnist might be available. Having spent numerous afternoons listening to this person shout at their assistant, I passed.
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admin | October 28, 2020
Photo Credit: Jewish Press I recently acquired a volume of the Rif printed in Venice by Daniel Bomberg in 1521.The Rif is the most significant halachic compendium prior to the Mishneh Torah, and R. Joseph Caro based his Shulchan Aruch on it, Maimonides, and the Rosh.
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