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Yiddish World VIDEO: Rabbi Yosef Ber Soloveitchik speaks about Passover
Soloveitchik, called The Rav by his students, is considered one of the most influential leaders of Modern Orthodoxy in 20th century America.
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Opinion Russia’s Jews are caught in the messy politics of Putin’s war
Many Russian Jews, caught in a war no one asked for, are seeking a new life elsewhere
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Yiddish World VIDEO: In historic first, a female Orthodox rabbi opens prayer at a state legislature
Miriam Udel is both an ordained rabbi and an acclaimed professor of Yiddish literature at Emory University
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Opinion Another seminary welcomes students in interfaith relationships. It’s time for the rest of liberal rabbinic schools to follow suit
Hebrew College is the latest rabbinical school to revoke its policy of banning students in interfaith relationships
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Letters Should we still recite the Prayer for the State of Israel if we disagree with its government?
A government and its policies should have little to do with the religious significance of Israel and our support for it
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News The rise of the robo-rabbi? A spiritual leader turned to ChatGPT to pen a recent sermon
Rabbi Joshua Franklin says computers lack the soul necessary to connect with congregations
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Looking Forward Why this Zionist rabbi has stopped saying the Prayer for the State of Israel
“I hope that this government falls and is replaced by something better,” Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky explained
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Looking Forward What I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving, from A to Z
Our editor-in-chief gives thanks to pelotons, Zoom, dad jokes and Kanye West (but not for the reason you may think)
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