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Before the popularity of Yahoo groups, which every Jewish community seemed to have a decade ago … before Facebook became the rage … before the development of WhatsApp groups for every particular interest and segment of our Jewish lives … there was Avodah and Areivim, two of the very first online discussion groups for Torah observant individuals.
From the blog of Michael Feldstein at The Times of Israel
New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay was criticized on Twitter for promoting a controversial article that attacked Hasidic schools on Sunday.
From the blog of Ben Rothke at The Times of Israel
The political philosopher and classicist Leo Strauss continues to stir debate among Orthodox Jewish scholars as to just how Judaism can light the way in seeing the connection between faith and reason.