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Culture After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting
Lynn Gottlieb — one of the first women ordained as a rabbi in the U.S. reflects on her activist career — with no regrets
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Film & TV For ‘Rabbi On The Block,’ the street is her pulpit
A second documentary follows antiviolence activist Tamar Manasseh
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News Sermonizing about Israel can be risky. These High Holidays, some rabbis feel compelled to.
Israel ‘is at an inflection point,’ one rabbi said
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Yiddish World The British Chief Rabbi that never was
Rabbi Louis Jacobs was ostracized by the British Orthodox rabbinate but his view of Jewish theology resonated for me
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BINTEL BRIEF Rabbis didn’t love our advice on dating a rabbi
In the words of one rabbi, Bintel 'got this one wrong'
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Opinion After Tree of Life sentencing, 6 Jewish scholars on what text and tradition say about the death penalty
Robert Bowers has been given the death penalty. What does Jewish law say?
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Culture More rabbis of color are being ordained. Why aren’t they on the bimah?
Virtually no Black rabbis lead mainstream Jewish congregations
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BINTEL BRIEF I have a crush on my rabbi. Is it OK to ask him out?
Bintel says sure, but know that your private life may soon be the subject of public conversation
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