Rabbis for Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel

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Halakha

A Conservative Response to the Orthodox Prenuptial Agreement

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Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman   By Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Chair Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards Rabbi Chernick has done a masterful job in describing the prenuptial agreement now in use in some segments of the … [Read more...] about A Conservative Response to the Orthodox Prenuptial Agreement

My concerns with pre-nuptials and civil marriage in Israel as solutions

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Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman   By Rabbi Daniel Siegel Founding Director, Integral Halachah Institute ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (Canada) As a new member of RRFEI, I am honoured by the opportunity to contribute to this learned … [Read more...] about My concerns with pre-nuptials and civil marriage in Israel as solutions

Judaism can marry modernity to traditional life

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For more than a century Jews have debated how to guide the Jewish character of a sovereign Jewish State. Until recently, few thought seriously in terms of national halakhic standards. The Founders envisioned a Jewish ethic, not ritual Jewish practice. In Anita Shapira's 2014 book, Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel, she writes: Just before the state was established, he … [Read more...] about Judaism can marry modernity to traditional life