After Satori Hangover

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Here is a post-Purim poetic follow-up to the string of articles on the the subject on the RHR website. It was written by Angelika Maeser Lemieux, who is a member of the Steering Committee of Canadian Friends of RHR (Montreal). Continue reading

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Israel Wild Western tour

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Just under a month ago Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner was part of a group of nearly 20 Reform and Liberal rabbis who, together with some members from our communities, spent a week in Israel with Rabbis for Human Rights. Continue reading

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Purim is joy?

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Dudu Palma’s response to the post “What do we learn from the massacre in the Book of Esther: a public appeal“ Continue reading

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The Book of Esther – the Sub-Text version

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David Sperber’s response to the post “What do we learn from the massacre in the Book of Esther: a public appeal“. Without cynicism I would say that I really love the modern Orthodox attitude in which we can all the time and openly say things that we do not really mean and a stranger will not understand it. Continue reading

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Solidarity and women’s empowerment: Seminar – Female Citizens for Equality

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Shir Shimony on a Winter meeting of RHR and Sapir college academic program Female Citizens for Peace. The meeting raised difficult questions about gender equality. Continue reading

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Must pay for the damage: Eliezer Altsholer, Rabbi at Susya settlement in southern Hebron Hills, responds to the issue of tree uprooting

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As a part of the “for is the tree of the field man; a halachic project for Tu Bishvat”, we are glad to publish Eliezer Altsholer’s, rabbi of Susya settlement in southern Hebron Hills, response regarding the issue of tree uprooting. Second list Continue reading

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One law and one ordinance

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Rabbi Nava Hefetz has written a theological and political article about the roots of the ideas in the book “Torat Hamelech” and the crime that the rioters committed in the military base of the Efraim brigade. Continue reading

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Toldot: The story of a process

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The genealogy (toldot) of the People of Israel is unique by its passages; it’s a genealogy of continuity within interruption, from the Patriarchs and Matriarch times to the establishment of the State of Israel. Continue reading

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The Independence Tractate

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The Independence Tractate (Massekhet Atzmaut), compiled by the Education Department of Rabbis for Human Rights, is a highly successful educational program, that had now been published in a second edition. Continue reading

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