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‘Deep state?’ A contemporary, all-too-human witch hunt
U.S. President Trump, who started the “Deep State” accusations quite a while ago. The term has also been used in Hungary and ...
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Bring Them Home—The Law of Pikuach Nefesh Demands It
Notice the priority of G-d in verse 8: ”You will….succeed in the rescue.” Again, the first objective was bringing the ...
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In Poetic Memoir “A Jewish Appendix,” Adam Sobsey Encounters Signs and Wonders
Talking with the Durham writer about his new memoir, which takes him around the world and back to a Durham wine bar.
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Haman's sons learned Torah in Bnei Brak?
Rav Hutner continues that the Halakha (Jewish Law) provides us with an insight which has been taught by our greatest rabbinic Sages. This insight is in no other place than in reference to the process ...
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Parashat Zakhor and the transfer temptation
No Jew who knows the halakhic system could possibly mistake the mention of Amalek as a positive injunction, because Halakha ...
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The attitude of Halakha towards Buddhism
Most Buddhists in the Indian subcontinent also worship Buddha statues, which classifies them as non-monotheisic idolators. However, Buddhism itself primarily focuses on calming human desires and ...
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The fog of moral blindness: 500 days of war and global silence
In the Arafel. The Human Mind and the Desire for Clarity Last week, in a clinical course on mental health, I sat with rabbis who have spent their lives immersed in halakha, grappling with the ...