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While the State of Israel in 2022 may not yet be fully redeemed, these words do provide a certain sense of optimism and renewal. 

Decentralizing the authority for conversion to local rabbinic courts means potentially contradictory standards that we in the US are glad to be rid of.

“We wrote the letter not as an attack but as a policy disagreement and a concern about the law as written," said OU vice president Rabbi Moshe Hauer.

Decentralizing the authority for conversion to local rabbinic courts means potentially contradictory standards that we in the US are glad to be rid of

By all news accounts, it was a harrowing situation for the rabbi and three congregants, as well as the livestream viewers, that thank God did not turn tragic.

These remarks followed some backlash in the ultra-Orthodox community, with one leading haredi rabbi saying those who accused Walder of sexual abuse were guilty of murder.

A Purim statement issued by the Orthodox Union: The union, which supports a network of synagogues across the United States, said that anyone who is ill or must remain in isolation must not come to synagogue. To fulfill the mitzvah, or religious obligations, those people should have a kosher, hand-written Megillah in hand from which they read audibly, either on their own or assisted by an electronic device. "Purim meals and get-togethers should be limited," the Union advises. "For those who...

Illustrative: A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection in Jerusalem, on January 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) JTA — The email offered what felt like a lifeline to the dozens of rabbis in the Chicago area who received it last week. “Vaccines are now available for clergy,” an official with the Chicago Board of Rabbis wrote, passing along a link to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine. Days later, some of those rabbis were rolling up their sleeves to get the shot that would start to make...

(JTA) — The email offered what felt like a lifeline to the dozens of rabbis in the Chicago area who received it last week. “Vaccines are now available for clergy,” an official with the Chicago Board of Rabbis wrote, passing along a link to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine. Days later, some of those rabbis were rolling up their sleeves to get the shot that would start to make their pre-pandemic lives possible once again. Lizzi Heydemann, rabbi and founder of Mishkan, a nondenominational cong...

January 29, 2021 2:30 pm A set of COVID-19 vaccination record cards from the CDC. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — The email offered what felt like a lifeline to the dozens of rabbis in the Chicago area who received it last week. “Vaccines are now available for clergy,” an official with the Chicago Board of Rabbis wrote, passing along a link to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine. Days later, some of those rabbis were r...