An Eruv Grows in Brooklyn
Rabbi Adam Mintz’s article from the latest issue of Ḥakirah, A Chapter in American Orthodoxy: The Eruvin in Brooklyn, is available online. HT: Prof. Lawrence Schiffman on Twitter.
Rabbi Adam Mintz’s article from the latest issue of Ḥakirah, A Chapter in American Orthodoxy: The Eruvin in Brooklyn, is available online. HT: Prof. Lawrence Schiffman on Twitter.
The Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History will be running an exhibit through June 30, 2013, “It’s a Thin Line: The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and Beyond.” Details can be found here. HT: Prof. Lawrence Schiffman’s Twitter feed.
This past Shabbat my wife asked “Since when have Jews called the bread that we eat on Shabbat ḥallah (חלה)?” I had no idea what was the answer, so during the past few days I did a little searching and this is what I came up with. Many people associate Shabbat ḥallah with the ḥallah [...]
One can spend much of his free time trying to learn the laws of warming up food on Shabbat, and I have no doubt that some people have done this. The company Kli Sheini has introduced a grill-like cover that they claim will remove many of the halakhic problems associated with heated up food on [...]
The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement met this week. Most people are speaking about the responsum on same-sex marriage, but there were a number of other ones that were voted upon. I will update the links as they become available. “Rituals and Documents of Marriage and Divorce for Same-Sex Couples,” [...]
I just finished reading Mark Mazower‘s book Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950 and recommend it for anyone who is interested in reading about the history of the Jewish community of Salonica or the rise and fall of multi-ethnic communities. The following is from a section describing anti-Jewish attacks that occurred in [...]
From Ben-Gurion University: Although many think the primary realm of political religious debate can be found in the Knesset, two BGU researchers contend in a new article that a deadlocked political system has caused the conflict to shift to the consumer realm. Strife between secular and religious in Israel has been a factor since before [...]
A colleague of mine brought to my attention the Kosherswitch. This isn’t a gramma-based light switch (i.e. a light switch that is based on indirect causation). The website has all of the info about how it works, which rabbis approve of it, where to buy it, etc. It is not currently available for purchase by [...]
The weekday edition of Makor Rishon has been available online for some time, and I just saw that part of their Musaf Shabbat is now also online here. If you’re looking for quality writing about Israeli and Jewish culture, this is the place to look.
For some time now in Arad there has been a battle between hasidim from Habad and Gur over who has control over the central synagogue. From time to time things get a bit violent, and the confrontation from this past shabbat created a rare situation. Apparently, there was an argument over which rabbi was going [...]
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