Menachem Mendel

The Beit Hillel inaugural conference (here, here, and here) is just underway. Rabbi Reuven Spolter is hoping to tweet from the conference. See this post of his about Beit Hillel. His twitter feed can be found here.

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 under Rabbinic Authority, Religion in Israel, Religious Authority, Religious Zionism. Comments: 1

Haaretz has translated an article into English about Beit Hillel. The group, to be known as Beit Hillel, already has 110 rabbis signed up, along with 30 women who are considered Torah scholars. It was founded by congregational rabbis in the central region, who say they represent the silent majority of the national-religious population that [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2012 under Religion in Israel, Religious Authority, Religious Zionism. Comments: 1

Today’s Makor Rishon has an article about Beit Hillel, a new rabbinic organization that I wrote about here. The organization sees itself as a more moderate religious zionist voice. The article notes that the membership of Beit Hillel includes thirty talmidot ḥachamim, female Torah scholars.

Posted on January 26th, 2012 under Religion in Israel, Religious Authority, Religious Zionism. Comments: 9

In 2008 the Israel Democracy Institute sponsored a conference on Zionist Halakhah. Below are some videos from the conference. (Hebrew)

Posted on December 28th, 2011 under Halakhic Literature, Israel, Rabbinic Authority, Rabbinic Literature, Religion in Israel, Religious Authority, Religious Zionism. Comments Off

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)

Posted on December 28th, 2011 under Israel, Rabbinic Authority, Religion in Israel, Religious Authority, Religious Zionism. Comments: 1

Ynet have a short video (Hebrew) about Shu”t SMS (texting), i.e. halakhic questions that people ask rabbis through SMS. Often the answer is sent through SMS, other times the rabbi feels a need to speak with the questioner. Most of the rabbis interviewed felt that if this is the way to communicate with people, it [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2011 under Rabbinic Authority, Religious Authority, Responsa. Comments Off