Stop ostracizing the intermarried

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Stop ostracizing the intermarried
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This column would not have been written had its subject not first described himself and his predicament in this week’s New York Times magazine.
Noah Feldman was a brilliant, Orthodox Jewish Rhodes scholar who arrived in Oxford in my fourth year as rabbi there in 1992. We [...]

Green light’ for civil marriage in Israel

B”HGreen light’ for civil marriage in Israel
Justice Minister Friedmann, Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amar reach agreement on civil marriage for couples ineligible to undergo a religious marriage. ‘This is an important step in expanding the right for marriage,’ justice minister says
Neta SelaPublished: 07.18.07, 20:31 / Israel Jewish Scene
Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann and Sephardi Chief Rabbi [...]

Court: Rabbinate authorized to dissolve civil marriages

B”HCourt: Rabbinate authorized to dissolve civil marriages
Woman appeals Rabbinical Court decision to dissolve civil marriage. High Court upholds ruling, says verdict ‘could serve as normative basis on which Knesset can establish appropriate solution to civil marriages’
Aviram ZinoPublished: 11.21.06, 13:13 / Israel News
The High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that it would not involve itself [...]

Why do Orthodox Jewish women cover their hair? A different perspective.

Why do Orthodox Jewish women cover their hair? A different perspective.

A Friend’s Divorce

B”HA Friend’s Divorce
By Jay Litvin
The Torah views the attraction between man and woman as natural, the sexual urge strong, powerful and urgent. It not only approves of this attraction, but exalts the resulting union in the most healthy and hearty of terms. However, it limits this instinctual urge within the confines of sanctified life, within [...]

Suburban Polygamy

B”H Suburban polygamy
Beyond Warren Jeffs and ‘Big Love’ is the reality of life in a polygamous household — the joy, the challenges and the loveBy Brooke AdamsThe Salt Lake TribuneSalt Lake TribuneArticle Last Updated:07/03/2007 03:07:43 AM MDTPosted: 12:12 PM- It only takes Sunday brunch to see this is a different kind [...]