Women of the Wall is not and has not been an egalitarian group in any way. Nofrat and Anat haven’t been arrested/questioned because of egalitarian services in the gender-separated area, but for practicing an authentic Jewish [...]
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Rabbi Michael Siegel has been a leading advocate for improving the treatment of workers in kosher food facilities. As the founding co-chair of the Hekhsher Tzedek program, Siegel was behind the release last month of detailed standards on how kosher companies should properly compensate their employees. Soon after the release of those standards, though, Siegel [...] Jay Michelson has stirred up a bit of a storm with his article in the Forward, How I’m Losing My Love For Israel, in which he writes: First, I admit, it has become simply exhausting to maintain the ambivalence, the hugging and the wrestling, the endless fence sitting. My love of Israel has turned into a [...] I usually associate Empire Kosher with chicken, and more recently with one of the brands that I’ve heard of still in stores after Agriprocessors was shut down. They were profiled in an interesting article in the Forward: Empire Strikes Back. The article focuses on three things: The success and growth of Empire Kosher under CEO Greg Rosenbaum Let’s stick to the word “Pharisee” in its common English sense of a hypocrite who preaches morality to others without practicing it himself. Is this a usage Jews should be up in arms about? Should we be bombarding The New York Times, and others who resort to it, with our protests? via The New York Times: [...] The biblical Ruth is lucky she isn’t converting to Judaism in 2009. If she ever wants to live in Israel, that is. Her moving, lyrical story of devotion to her mother-in-law and embrace of Jewish values has long stood as a potent symbol of the loving outsider who wishes to come in, and is lauded for [...] | ||||
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