From Campbell’s Soup To Camp Counselor-In-Chief
Julie Wiener Assistant Editor Nearly 500 Jewish summer camp leaders are expected to metaphorically pitch their tents this Sunday and Monday in Jersey City for the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s biennial...
View ArticleAvi Weiss - Like Butch Cassidy In Bolivia
In the end, all of Orthodoxy — RCA, YU, Agudah, YCT — was aiming its guns at Avi Weiss. To see him this past week reminded me of the end of Butch Cassidy down in Bolivia, with every policeman, every...
View ArticleYitz Greenberg: The 10 Percent Solution
How far and fast a rabbi can impose change by executive fiat, as if some sort of Zeus? How far can a rabbi get in front of (or behind) his shul to the point where there are far less people supporting...
View ArticleKanefsky: The 10-Year Solution
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky laid out some legitimate criticism of Rav Avi’s ordination of Sara Hurwitz, changing her title from Maharat to Rabba:read more
View ArticleSticking With Israel
Gabrielle Birkner Staff Writer American school children are vying for the chance to put their personal stamp on the Holy Land — literally.“Sticking Together,” a contest sponsored by the Israeli Postal...
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Joshua Venture Betting On Known Quantities
Tamar Snyder Staff Writer The revamped group’s list of eight fellows, many of them incubated elsewhere, positions it as an advanced-stage funder.Joshua Venture Group, the newly re-launched fellowship...
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Why Chabad Hebrew Schools Are A Success
Rabbi David Eliezrie Special To The Jewish Week Last year the Avi Chai Foundation published a watershed study on Hebrew school education. One of the most intriguing findings was the emergence of a new...
View ArticleThe Dirty Truth About Orthodox Women Rabbis
The rejection of women rabbis and "rabbas" by the Rabbinical Council of America is "chilling," feminists tell us.Really? In what way? What exactly can't Modern Orthodox women do, according to the new...
View ArticleFresh Debate Over New National Charter School Movement
Julie Wiener Associate Editor Steinhardt-backed group looks to seed 20 new schools, while other charter supporters call vision 'misguided.'The race to establish a national Hebrew charter schools...
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