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Why Orthodox communities can find room for a woman rabbi

The title ‘rabbi’ is different now to when it was used in the time of the sages, argues a graduate of a yeshivah that ordains women

By Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann

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Jewish men

If I marry out will my future children suffer?

By Maximillian Mansoor

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Women

Questions over women’s leadership triggers dispute at Leeds synagogue

By Simon Rocker

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What Judaism says about the Rubiales kiss

By Chana Hughes

What Judaism says about the Rubiales kiss

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Rabbis pass motions both endorsing and condemning use of electric cars on Shabbat

By Hannah Gillott

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Halachic hotline for rabbis launched in memory of Dayan Ehrentreu

By JC Reporter

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Israel

Most Israelis think having a Jewish father doesn't make you Jewish

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What does the Torah really say about abortion?

Many writers try to impose their own views onto Halachah when the reality is uncomfortable

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What does the Torah really say about abortion?

By Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Why Halachah tells us Supreme Court abortion ruling is wrong

The Orthodox Jews who approve overturning Roe v Wade are going against Torah law

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July 8, 2022 09:21

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Halachah

Why Orthodox communities can find room for a woman rabbi

If I marry out will my future children suffer?

Questions over women’s leadership triggers dispute at Leeds synagogue

What Judaism says about the Rubiales kiss

Rabbis pass motions both endorsing and condemning use of electric cars on Shabbat

Halachic hotline for rabbis launched in memory of Dayan Ehrentreu

Most Israelis think having a Jewish father doesn't make you Jewish

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