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Yiddish World The spa resort where European rebbes spent their summer vacations
Before World War I, the Marienbad resort had hotels for the rebbes, replete with glatt kosher restaurants and ritual baths
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News Hochul welcomes ‘universal’ backing by Orthodox groups
The governor said she is ‘honored to have earned the trust and support of the Hasidic and Orthodox communities’ in New York
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Opinion A wall between church and state? SCOTUS decision paves a bridge between faith communities
The decision in Carson v. Makin is a watershed moment for both religious liberty and parental choice in education
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Opinion Hasidic boys like mine don’t receive the education they deserve
In a scathing report, the New York Supreme Court ordered the city and state to determine whether yeshivas are providing their students with an adequate academic education.
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Opinion My fellow Orthodox rabbis need to take a stronger stance against guns
Our emergency plans will only go so far to save lives. What would really make a difference is immediately reducing the number of guns in our country.
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Fast Forward Orthodox rabbis don’t enter churches. So why did Britain’s chief rabbi attend service at one?
A special concession designed to strengthen Jews' ties with royalty permitted Ephraim Mirvis to attend Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee bash
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Opinion What will it take for Orthodox Judaism to hold sexual abusers accountable?
As other denominations attempt to address institutional sexual misconduct, Orthodox leadership remains notably absent
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News Pioneering Orthodox sex therapist accused of harassment
Updated April 13, 9:15 p.m ET with statements from Sharon Weiss-Greenberg. Multiple claims of harassment have emerged against a pioneering figure of women’s empowerment from former employees of the organization she helped found. Bat Sheva Marcus, a renowned sex therapist who was the president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, was accused in scathing Facebook…
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