Yoav Sorek has started a new blog (Hebrew), לאמיתה של תורה. It seems as if the blog will offer a different perspective and discourse on issues related to Israel and Judaism. The first post is about the fast of the tenth of Tevet.
In 2008 the Israel Democracy Institute sponsored a conference on Zionist Halakhah. Below are some videos from the conference. (Hebrew)
A few months ago the Israel Democracy Institute sponsored a symposium upon the release of a new book on the rabbinate. Below are two videos from the conference. (Hebrew)
The following news report was broadcast on Friday in Israel. To say the least it is nauseating. For those who can’t understand the Hebrew, it is about the situation in Beit Shemesh where some ultra-Orthodox think that it is OK to spit on little girls and to call them and their mothers whores and sluts. [...]
At Text and Texture Rabbi Shlomo Brody has a very nice post about “Rabbi Joseph Karo’s Shulchan Aruch and Magid Mesharim.” (hat tip)
I just found out that Rabbi Moshe Zemer z”l passed away last month in Israel. Rabbi Zemer was the most prolific author on Jewish law who was affiliated with the Movement for Progressive Judaism in Israel. A bibliography of his writings can be found here. For anyone interested in a serious book on halakhah from [...]
In Friday’s Yediot Aharonot there was an interview (Hebrew) with David Hartman. For those who are interested, I have uploaded it to the Internet. David Hartman Interview Yediot Aharonot Dec. 2, 2011
Mostly Kosher has a post about the role of beards in religious communities. Reading this post I was reminded of David Weiss Halivni’s description of his first days in an orphanage after he arrived in American after the end of WW II. The following quotes are from The Book and the Sword, pp. 79-80. I [...]
A friend on Facebook linked to Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s website. It includes MP3′s (not many of good quality), videos, etc.
Ḥullin 58a (original, English trans.) is one of the places in the Talmud where the phrase כח דהיתרא עדיף (“the strength of the lenient ruling is preferable”) appears. Many people are familiar with the use of the phrase in post-Talmudic literature, where it signifies the preference to rule leniently in questions of law. What some [...]
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