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Conversion therapy: It isn’t what it sounds like
By
Zev Farber
Rafi Peretz means well when he aims to help LGBTQ Orthodox Jews who are unhappy with their sexuality, but his efforts are misguided and don’t work
Irene Rabinowitz
My gay left hand
I cried when I read of Peretz’s support for conversion therapy: Whether gay or left-handed, this is simply how we were born
Sally Abrams
Your people will be my child’s people
Framing intermarriage as a second Holocaust is grotesque; the real question is how we can help all families keep Judaism on the table
Shmuly Yanklowitz
Intermarriage is not a second Holocaust
Interfaith families like mine should be cherished by the entire Jewish community for their unique contributions to Jewish life
Mohammed Odeh
If I were Israeli
I would do all I cannot do now to ensure the protection of basic human rights, and a better future for our children and grandchildren, both Palestinian and Israeli
Leah Soibel
Argentina finally blacklists Hezbollah
President Macri is trying to stop the Iran proxy that killed 85 in Buenos Aires 25 years ago from winning Latino hearts and minds today
Calev Ben-Dor
Ehud Barak: National saviour or false messiah?
He has the energy, venom and gravitas to hurt Netanyahu — or he may hand the premier the voting public on a silver platter
Velvel Pasternak: A farewell symphony
By
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
How and why my father’s soul’s graveside ascent to the heavens was accompanied by the strains of a niggun
Deborah Fripp
‘Never Again’ means ‘Not Now!’
The concentration camp debate distracts us from the real question: Does our treatment of detainees at the border reflect our values?’
Andrew Silow-Carroll
The perils of Donald Trump loving Israel just a little too much
When the US president invokes the Jewish state to defend behavior that even some Trumpists deem racist, it can’t be good news for the Jews
Gila Isaacson
Rabbi Reuven Bauman: An ordinary superhero
My son loves Batman, Superman, Spiderman… Me, I’m inspired by a regular person who sprang into action with incredible bravery
Yosef Blau
Rabbi Shmuel Tal’s authority is intact. Everyone should be asking why
True repentance means overhauling your lifestyle and making amends to those you have harmed. I don’t see that here
David Sedley
Miscalculations
How Maimonides’ Letter to Yemen, sunshine in Yorkshire, and several pregnant virgins teach that we cannot predict the date of the Messiah’s arrival (Balak)
Confessions of a unicorn
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A Sex Addict
Would I have wrecked my marriage and left Orthodox Judaism if I had known that sex addiction was even possible for the nice Jewish girl that I was?
Top Ops
Sharon Nazarian
No justice 25 years after the massacre in Buenos Aires
Successive Argentine governments failed in investigating the bombing. It’s time to finally hold Hezbollah accountable
Varda Spiegel
Never again, Kellyanne Conway!
Don’t let the US president’s senior staff get away with pushing a reporter to wear his Jewish heart on his sleeve
Gilad Cohen
Israel and Korea are having a moment
President Rivlin’s visit is an excellent chance to strengthen cooperation with a great and true friend of Israel
Avi Issacharoff
Netanyahu has found the enemy and it is us
While the PM was handing out fake news awards (and also paying protection money to Hamas), guess what Gaza’s leaders were doing
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