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Kashrut, Wine and Music
A critique of an OU kashrut policy
Rabbi Jack Simcha Cohen serves as rabbi in West Palm Beach. He has written six volumes dealing with matters of halakha and Jewish thought.
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Visitors to our website find a wide variety of articles of interest on topics of great relevance to the Modern Orthodox community-- and to the Jewish community at large. The website opened late in 2007, and has grown significantly during the past year and a half.
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Melodies from Old Women
Women models of Jewish spirituality
The Limits of the Orthodox Classroom
Expanding the boundaries of intellectual inquiry
Questioning the Status of a Halakhic Conversion is anti-Halakhic and Unethical
Once a halakhic convert, always Jewish
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A Peculiar Point in Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch's Essays on Education
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The Complexity and Feasibility of Fostering Midot and Derekh Erets in our Children
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Report on the Institute's Activities
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Dinner Held in Honor of Stephen and Nataly Neuwirth
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