Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Reading the oral law today forces Jews to reconcile repellent, outdated legal views with modern morals

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Talmudic Rabbis Debated the Cost of Rape—In Terms of the Woman’s Market Value Reading the oral law today forces Jews to reconcile repell...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

A vote for Herzog is a vote for Obama. Is this what Israel wants?

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Op-Ed: Thirteen Reasons To Vote For Netanyahu The Likud and Jewish Home parties are the way to keep Netanyahu as Prime Minister. A v...
Monday, March 16, 2015

"It was now fourteen years since my third-grade rebbe thwacked my palms for my profane drawing, eight years since my ninth-grade rebbe slapped me for eating a bag of potato chips during a lesson on liabilities for digging pits in public places..."

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Lessons of Crime and Punishment in New Square Yeshiva How Beatings and False Reports Pass for Talmud Teaching in Hasidic Enclave ...
Friday, March 13, 2015

"Hi Rabbi" FBI Taped Audio - Mendel Epstein Case

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"Religious" Fundamentalism (any religion) at its Absolute Worst!

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"...And then realize that this voice of moderation believes that in a properly constituted caliphate, gays, apostates, blasphemers, ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

"Since 2000, there have been 17 cases of herpes simplex virus infection in baby boys who had undergone a circumcision practice observed in some ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. In these instances, parents may be aware of the risk associated with their decisions, but when it is a matter of life or death or there is potential for severe illness, society has an obligation to stand up on behalf of children who do not yet have their own informed voice...."

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At some Orthodox Jewish circumcisions, the blood from the cut is sucked away, a practice that, in some cases, has been linked to infect...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

So, what is a closet anti-Semite to do? Blame everything on Israel and explain that you don’t have a problem with the Jewish People – – just the policies of the Israeli Government. Some of my best friends are Jews.

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Are you an Anti-Semite or Just Anti-Israel? Finally, the Difference Revealed ARI WEISBROT I  have remained largely silent in ...