Remember the thousands of converts who had their conversions revoked by haredi rabbis sitting on the Rabbinate's High Rabbinic Court?
Well, official marriage registrars across Israel – rabbis all – are now refusing to register the marriages of these poor people.
Worse yet…
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The Discovery Institute blog has a horrible post attacking Richard Dawkins for calling Shmuley Boteach "Hitler." Is this true?
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In what the Jewish Week calls, "an unusually bold move," the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) has…
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A group of Neturei Karta members were demonstrating against the State of Israel in Jerusalem on Yom HaZikaron, the day of remembrance for fallen Israeli soldiers.
A non-haredi man carrying an Israeli flag approached the area – near Kikar Shabbat, Sabbath Square – where Neturei Karta was demonstrating.
What happened next?
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A report from the NYC Department of Health points out a problem with Orthodox Judaism – hand washing.
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