Rabbis

July 10, 2008

  • The Power Of Speech

    From the Jewish Journal on this week's Torah portion:
    In its grandest forms, speech is the Divine gift which enabled Moshe to say to Pharaoh, "Let my people go," and the gift which enables us, to this day, to protest injustice and decry evil. (…)

July 9, 2008

  • Chief Rabbi Shouldn't Serve As Rabbinic Judge

    From Haaretz:
    Attorney General Menachem Mazuz yesterday told the High Court of Justice that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger should cease to serve as a dayan (rabbinic judge) on the Supreme Rabbinic Court. (…)

  • Plane Waits 90 Minutes For Tardy Rabbi

    From Haaretz:
    A group of ultra-Orthodox passengers delayed for about 90 minutes the takeoff of a scheduled El Al flight from Kiev to Ben-Gurion Airport last month because their rabbi was late in getting to the airport, according to a passenger on the flight. (…)

July 5, 2008

July 4, 2008

  • Saudis Invite Israeli Rabbi To Madrid Conference

    From the Jerusalem Post:
    Rabbi David Rosen, president of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, is the only rabbi who lives in Israel who was invited by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the World Muslim League to the conference that is slated for July 16 to 18. (…)

June 30, 2008

  • The Painful Verses

    PARIS (Reuters) - A rabbi, an imam and a priest sat down to discuss the most sensitive parts of their sacred scriptures, the verses that offend or anger other faiths. (…)

  • AJPA Conference

    Rabbi Avi Shafran writes:
    I spent most of this past week at the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association, which convened this year in Washington, D.C. (…)

  • The Rabbi Who Freed 1000 Chained Women

    Yair Ettinger writes:
    In late 1973 after the Yom Kippur War, then-chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef received a query from the chief military chaplain, Brigadier General Mordechai Piron, regarding almost 1,000 cases of missing IDF soldiers who remained in the field, all of whom were married men. (…)

  • Poland Ordains Its First Rabbis Since WWII

    From the IHT:
    WARSAW: The first rabbis ordained in Poland since World War Two received their diplomas from Warsaw's Rabbinical College on Sunday, PAP news agency said. (…)

  • Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Accused Of Sexually Harassing Men

    From the Jerusalem Post:
    Rabbis and employees within the Chief Rabbinate said Sunday that the latest allegations published in the local news media against Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger have dealt a serious blow to worker motivation. (…)

  • What Would The Rabbis Say?

    Matthew Wagner writes:
    Throughout nearly 2,000 years of exile the Jewish people's high regard for life has been repeatedly exploited by ransom-seekers. (…)

  • Reconstructionist Rabbi Tries To Create Jewish Community in Western Iraq

    From the Jerusalem Post:
    Plenty of rabbis lead their congregation's book club, but Jon Cutler may be the only one who does so from a war zone.

June 19, 2008

  • Kill Your Teacher: Corruption And Racism in Los Angeles City Schools (Paperback)

    Here are some reviews on amazon.com:
    Mitzvah Dude writes: "Rabbi Nachum Shifren exposes the bureaucratic stagnation that plagues the Los Angeles Unified School District. (…)

  • The Surfing Rabbi

    You don’t have to be religious (most of its contents are secular) to enjoy this book about one of Pico-Robertson’s greatest characters. (…)

  • Bringing Back The Love To Pico-Robertson

    When Steven Weil came to town in 2000 to take over Beth Jacob, his sociable side got the best of him and he started socializing with members of competing shuls in Pico/Robertson. (…)

  • A Tale Of Two Rabbis

    Steven Weil of Beth Jacob is a CEO with semicha (rabbinic ordination).
    Elazar Muskin is the quintessential shul rabbi. He devotes himself to his community. (…)

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