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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, I often am asked if someone must continue to observe a particular stringency even if it may not be meaningful to him or her.  I think that there are a number of legitimate reasons to maintain stringent positions.  Those are, a sense of Kavod haRav and deference to a minority position in hala...

| Magazine Feature | The Amazing Adventures of a Globe-Trotting, Treif-Spotting Kashrus Supervisor: Part II By Riki Goldstein | February 24, 2021 Another glimpse at how certified products get to your table from the corners of the world Photos: Rabbi Danny Moore Meticulous attention to detail, a cool head, and high tolerance for long, uncomfortable journeys are all part of Rabbi Danny Moore’s work in international kashrus. From his very first job supervising an early-morning milking as a favor to a friend, Rabbi...

Relaunch of the RJJ Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society     In the greater academic world, scholarly journals are famous for their strict demands of brevity, clarity and impersonality. They are also infamous for being pretty boring. Hence, the re-launching of an academic, scholarly journal after a two-year hiatus is hardly news that’ll “break the Internet.” Yet the recent reintroduction of the esteemed RJJ Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society — a scholarly publication whose issues deal in real time with halachah and its interface with modern-day issues (“Techum Sha...

Introduction: An Indispensable Sefer One of the most intriguing contemporary halachic discussions is the many and varied ramifications of the International Dateline (IDL). Many sefarim and articles have been written on this beautiful topic. Therefore, I was hardly surprised when TABC talmid Aidan Samet told me that his uncle, who serves as a rav in Yerushalayim, recently released a sefer on this topic. However, when leafing through the set that Aidan and his parents gifted me of Rav Mordechai Kuber’s three-volume collection titled “Crossing the Dateline,” I very quickly realized that th...

By Pearl Markovitz | January 28, 2021 Sam Kaplan and wife, Marsha, have been Teaneck residents for the past 42 years. Between davening at Beth Aaron, Shaare Tefila and Chabad, and this year, the Trafalgar Minyan, they have come to know a great many Teaneckers. In 1985, the Kaplans and two friends now residing in Israel, Jeff Glazer and Aaron Mandelbaum, realized there was a “need and a niche” for bringing local Jews closer to Judaism. Thus the Jewish Learning Experience (JLE) was born, and Sam Kaplan became its president. During the course of the next 35 years, Kaplan estim...