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Articles Written by: ROOFTOPPER RAV
This is a painful opinion piece from this week’s New York Jewish Week. Devorah Zlochower and Rabbi Dov Linzer are luminaries in the progressive/open Orthodox world. One of them is a beloved former teacher of mine, and maybe of yours, too. The two of ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
15 Nov 2009
Jews United for Justice is proud to partner with the Progressive Jewish Alliance to bring an exciting new social justice training program to DC! The Jeremiah Fellowship educates and trains a select cohort of young adults (ages 25-35) to become the next ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
4 Aug 2009
Also, is “halakhic progressive” the new designation for minyanim like Shira Hadasha? Is “partnership minyan” out?
JOFA (the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) invites submissions for its Seventh International Conference on Feminism and Orthodoxy to be ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
23 Jun 2009
It’s great to see that Maharat Sara Hurwitz is continuing to find ways for women to be educated - and take on leadership roles - within an Orthodox religious framework. Yasher koach!
I look forward to seeing how this develops…
Thanks for posting, RR. I’ ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
14 May 2009
A friend of mine needs help. This is not a joke, this is real and immediate. I don’t know what posting this will accomplish, but if anyone has ideas, throw them out please.
Young Palestinian woman with three kids - all US citizens, living in Midwest. ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
3 May 2009
President Obama will host a Passover seder Thursday evening in the White House.
The president’s schedule for the rest of the week, released on Tuesday evening, said that Obama would mark the beginning of the holiday with a seder for friends and staff. ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
8 Apr 2009
As we reported last week, a group of 25 large Conservative synagogues calling themselves HaYom: The Coalition for the Transformation of Conservative Judaism has formed to pressure the USCJ [the congregational arm of the movement] into becoming a ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
29 Mar 2009
Yesterday’s New York Times chronicles the bagel’s rising popularity in Beijing.
The bagels — translated… beigu, or “precious wheat” at Mrs. Shanen’s Bagels — are pretty decent. They are not simply rolls with holes that you find in some parts of the ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
20 Aug 2008
If your comment does not immediately appear, do not freak out and repost your message a dozen times. Please note that all new visitors must have their first comment approved by the editor, and you must provide a legitimate e-mail address and use the ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
28 May 2008
To that end, this initiative reaches out to engage Jewishly committed young adults. During the last 10-15 years many independent prayer or “davenning” communities of young adults have emerged,
often generated by those whose commitment to Jewish ...
From ROOFTOPPER RAV,
Jewschool,
25 May 2008
