Minister Kahana, We American Orthodox Rabbis Can't Support Your Reform
Decentralizing the authority for conversion to local rabbinic courts means potentially contradictory standards that we in the US are glad to be rid of.
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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
At Congregation Zichron Mordechai in Teaneck, a line starts to form every Shabbat after the minyanim with people who want to greet Rabbi Michael Taubes and ask him a question. “When you ask him a shaila, he is gentle in his message,” said shul president Joe Berkowitz. “He presents it very carefully, thoughtfully and kindly.
MTA is proud of sophomore Basil Edelstein, who was honored at the Jewish Learning Experience of Bergen County Dinner on Motzei Shabbos, November 13. “JLE is a wonderful organization that provides spiritual educational support for those wishing for a deeper connection to Judaism,” shared Basil. “I have worked with JLE since 2017, helping to run their important programming, which includes Megilla reading, Tu B’Shvat sedarim and model Pesach sedarim, both in-person and on Zoom during the pandemic.