Modern History

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The Unsinkable Ship: 100 Years After the Titanic Disaster

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Despite the passage of 100 years, the sinking of the Titanic holds a special fascination. In fact, the only time I’ve gone out to the theatres to see a movie in the last fifteen years was to see the original release of James Cameron’s Titanic. The “…
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No, Israel Isn’t Turning into an Iran-Style Theocracy (The New Republic)

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Gil TroyThe demonizing of Israel, dismissing the democratic Jewish state as a right-wing, religious, racist project, continues. The latest storyline describes ultra-Orthodox Israelis—known in Hebrew as haredim—as medieval Neanderthals rapidly…
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OAS

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program, set the rather arbitrary age of retirement of 65. This at a time when few people actually lived that long. Yet 65 has become sacrosanct for many. …
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Debt Crisis

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As we have often noted economic decisions reflect moral choices. As the world economy slowly recovers from near catastrophe another potential disaster looms in the horizon, that of the United States government defaulting on its debt. While families…
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The History and Hopes of Modern Orthodoxy (Part 2)

Rabbi Yaakov Beasley

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The History and Hopes of Modern Orthodoxy

Rabbi Yaakov Beasley

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The Rav on Being a Jew in the Modern World

Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter

The Rav on Being a Jew in the Modern World
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Channukah: Ancient Holiday, Modern Perspective

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Money, Morality and the Marketplace 2002

Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, Rabbi David Lapin, Dr. Mark Schwartz

Money, Morality and the Marketplace 2002
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