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Orthodox women start own voluntary emergency service after being knocked back by 'Hatzalah'

Ezras Nashim to start its own corps with the goal of serving Jewish women in the U.S.

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Author wins $100,000 prize for Jewish history

The 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature is awarded to Gal Beckerman for ‘When They Come for Us We'll Be Gone’.

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U.S. Jews battle apartheid charges made against Israel

Campus activists across America are staging Israel Peace Week in an effort to combat the annual festival of anti-Israel vitriol.

by Natasha Mozgovaya 6 comments

Ultra-Orthodox wedding - AP - Feburary 15, 2012

IN PICTURES: An ultra–Orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel

Nechama Paarel Horowitz married Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the great-grandson of the Rabbi of the Wiznitz Hasidic followers, in Petah Tikva.

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'Modest' distortion is no mistake

Judaism has many faces. But the real issue is not religion, but the status it is granted. There is no other country in the Western world where the supremacy of religion is as blatantly enshrined in law, including the Basic Laws that comprise a de facto constitution, as it is in Israel.

by Uri Misgav 0 comments

Israel is shaming Australian Jews

Although Middle Eastern affairs are at the bottom rung of priorities for Australian politicians and there is nothing for Jewish lobbyists to do, Israel figures centrally in Jewish life 'down under.'

by Akiva Eldar 39 comments

Can ultra-Orthodox culture go overboard in its quest for modesty?

I bristled at first, but then realized how much I loved the warmth and holiness I experienced. I unexpectedly began to see virtues in gender separation.

by Robin Garbose 0 comments

J Street U was rejected, but it won’t be silenced

Stifling debate on Israel voids the Jewish community of pluralism; this closed-mindedness will damage our community if it alienates the passionate, concerned supporters Israel so desperately needs.

by Simone Zimmerman 0 comments

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