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Opinion Having Daughters Forced Me To Face The Orthodox World’s Misogyny
When you have children, you must face your own beliefs. It’s one thing to buy into an ideology or a community on your own. If that ideology should later prove harmful, the only one you hurt was yourself. But to sacrifice your child for that illusion? Harm your children on the alter of a false…
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Opinion No, Israel Is Not Descending Into Theocracy
Few people have invested as much effort, time, money and heart on behalf of the Jewish people and Israel than the current head of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder. His political, educational and philanthropic activism over decades is legend, and rightly so. Which made my heart sink even deeper this Monday than it…
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Community Why I Led My Orthodox Classmates On The National Gun Walkout
CHICAGO (JTA) — I’m a sophomore at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, the largest Modern Orthodox high school in the Chicagoland area. When I heard about the #ENOUGH national school walkout, I immediately wondered how my school could participate. Our school motto is “Inspiring Bnei and Bnot Torah to thrive in the modern world”; here was…
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The Schmooze Mayim Bialik: ‘Women Are Ready To Be Orthodox Spiritual Leaders’
Mayim Bialik released a video on YouTube Thursday highlighting B’nai David-Judea, the only Orthodox synagogue in Southern California which employs a female member of the clergy. In the video, Bialik speaks of the male-centric roots of Judaism and the inevitable evolution of Orthodox Judaism. “My history was written by men,” says Bialik in the video….
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Fast Forward Orthodox Push Back On Florida Move To Abolish Daylight Saving Time
(JTA) — Florida’s Orthodox Jewish community is working to convince the governor not to sign a bill that would keep the state in daylight saving time all year. Agudath Israel of Florida has contacted state lawmakers to explain how the Sunshine Protection Act would adversely affect the Orthodox Jewish community, Vos Iz Neis reported, citing…
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Community The Mystical Reason Jews Rush To Get Married Before Passover
It is definitely that time of year again. Aside from receiving numerous envelopes which ominously read “Important Tax Document Enclosed,” the typical ultra-Orthodox Jewish mailbox is filed with an equally anxiety-producing sort of correspondence this time of year: A deluge of wedding invitations. Since the beginning of February, my family has received five ivory envelopes…
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News Orthodox Send Undocumented Domestic Workers On Risky Passover Trip
What do you do when you want to bring the housekeeper to your home in Florida for Passover, but she can’t fly because she is undocumented? This is the conundrum that Israel, a private taxi driver, is here to help you solve. But it will cost you a chunk of change — and it comes…
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Life Why Are Modern Orthodox Millennials Like Me Looking For A Different Path?
We sat in wicker chairs at a cafe overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City. We both sipped lattes and laughed easily, silently appreciating how the sun peaked through the umbrellas covering the outdoor seating area, soaking the Jerusalem stone all around us. The amaryllis were in bloom, adding a pop of pink to the otherwise sand colored…
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