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Miriam Shaviv
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In this ever-changing world, we need traditions like the coronation
My Jewish life sustains me when progress is bewildering and the royal family do the same
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Why is Israel the world's fourth happiest country?
The secret of Israeli's soaring levels of wellbeing is very simple, as any visitor knows
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Israel should learn from diaspora rabbis
For years it’s been Israeli figures leading the way, but our rabbis have much to teach them
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I have non-Jewish friends but few Reform ones
Interfaith work with other communities is important but how well do we know other Jews?
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l cannot forget how Starmer endorsed Corbyn
It’s still too soon to vote Labour until it has a set of fresh faces untainted by that awful era
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We must beware the modern-day Meir Kahane
Itamar Ben-Gvir is the heir to the extremist’s dark legacy, and is dangerously close to power
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Rabbi Romain’s shechitah views risk calamity
Like those Jews who gave succour to Corbyn, his attack on the practice is a gift to its enemies
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Diaspora Jews are now all about social justice
Far-right Israeli politicians like Smotrich have failed to keep up with shift in Western culture
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Wake up: Orthodox teenagers are now ‘woke’
Shuls and other institutions have to find ways to accept a different generational outlook
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The chaos of being an Israeli parent in Britain
Israel's ‘forced citizenship’ rules for entry for the children of expats are unethical and mad
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Women will begin saying ‘no’ to the chuppah
The beth din’s stance on get coercion is protecting abusive men, and we won’t take it for long
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The reaction to My Unorthodox Life is telling
The defensiveness of many modern Orthodox women belies genuine issues with fulfilment
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Orthodox female rabbis deserve more respect
It is perverse to bar women from teaching if they decide to gain better qualifications to teach
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Wearing a mask should be a Jewish tradition
Why mark the historical plague of the Talmud while ignoring the one afflicting us now, writes Miriam Shaviv
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How can Orthodox Jews still support Trump?
'This section of the community has allied itself to a wacky fringe which is being rejected outright by every decent American. And they are still defending a leader whose personal and ethical shortcomings are finally embarrassing even those who stuck by hi
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Cancel culture isn’t coming for Dahl’s racism
'If the case of Roald Dahl shows anything, it’s how little “cancel culture” cares about antisemitism.'
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