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Charmed by the First Black Woman Rabbi
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David Klinghoffer
Though I find Reform Judaism to be massively deluded about Torah and Jewish faith, it also has its good points. For example, I’m charmed and cheered by the news that the first female African-American rabbi will receive ordination from the Reform Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. As the Jerusalem Post reports, Alysa Stanton is a psychotherapist, adoptive…
Hey, Maimonides School, Ever Hear of “Exile”?
By
David Klinghoffer
Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the team of Orthodox Jewish high school students who are suing to compete in a national mock trial competition. The team from the Maimonides School in Brookline, Mass., won their state championship and thus the privilege of competing in the national contest in Atlanta this weekend.…
Lost Jews of Los Angeles
By
David Klinghoffer
Here’s a poignant footnote to our discussion of whether, for atheists, there can be meaning in life without reference to a transcendent reality. Jewlicious praises a rebranding campaign by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation, quoting in turn a Jewish Telegraphic Agency blog, the Fundermentalist, about Jewish philanthropy. This enormous community organization, the L.A. Federation, canvassed…
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