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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Asher Lopatin

Rabbi Asher Lopatin (left) visits the Tomb of Nahum in the town of Alqosh in Iraqi Kurdistan in April 2025. (Courtesy)
July 1, 2025, 1:46 am
In Iraq, restored tomb of biblical prophet Nahum quietly attracts Jewish pilgrimage
Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since its rehabilitation in 2022, says project organizer
By Rossella Tercatin
Nadiv Schorer, right, married Ariel Meiri in 2020 with Orthodox rabbi Avram Mlotek officiating. (David Perlman Photography via JTA)
November 6, 2020, 12:45 am
Small but growing number of US Orthodox rabbis officiating same-sex weddings
They’re breaking ranks to perform ceremonies unthinkable until recently in the Orthodox Jewish world
By Josefin Dolsten
Rohingya refugees carry supplies through the Jalpatoli refugee camp in the 'no mans land' between Myanmar and Bangladesh in Gumdhum district on September 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Dominique Faget)
October 26, 2017, 8:19 pm
Hundreds of US rabbis call for Israel to end arms sales to Myanmar
Citing Talmudic prohibition, more than 300 religious leaders say Jewish state should stop assisting military accused of ethnic cleansing
By Judah Ari Gross
Rabbi Asher Lopatin at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in Riverdale, New York (Michael Datikash)
From the WebAugust 17, 2017, 9:54 pm
To mend bridges, ‘open’ Orthodoxy institutions consciously de-brand
New York Jewish Week: Current head of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah eschews term as distracting from working towards an inclusive Modern Orthodoxy
By Johanna Ginsberg
Participants in the San Francisco Pride Parade showing their Jewish and Israeli pride, June 30, 2014. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
April 8, 2016, 5:59 am
Orthodox rabbis wrestle with Jewish law and transgender issues
While America grapples with how — and how much — to accommodate trans preferences, Jews are doing some unique grappling of their own
By Uriel Heilman
Yeshivat Maharat graduates at their ordination ceremony at Ramaz High School in New York City, June 16, 2013 (photo credit: Joe Winkler/JTA)
November 5, 2015, 3:58 pm
How do you solve a problem like a maharat?
Orthodox rabbis are divided on what to do with the cadre of knowledgeable and qualified women who wish to devote their lives to serving the Jewish community. Why some look to Chabad for answers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Rabbi Avi Weiss during a memorial service on June 17, 2014, outside the UN in New York, for the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped in the West Bank. (AP/John Minchillo)
June 29, 2015, 11:20 pm
In protest, Avi Weiss quits Rabbinical Council of America
Religious leader indignant at organization for refusing membership to students of his seminary
By JTA
Senior Rabbi of Rivardale Jewish Center Jonathan Rosenblatt speaks at a solidarity interfaith gathering attended by clergy, politicians, community leaders and activists at the Riverdale Jewish Center in Bronx, NY, Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)
June 3, 2015, 4:46 pm
Why more reports of rabbinic sex abuse are a good thing
As the Bronx District Attorney opens an investigation into Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, experts say lifting the shroud of silence is key to raising awareness and eliminating the problem of clergy misdeeds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative image: A woman in a conversion court. (Flash90)
April 30, 2015, 3:14 pm
If Israel toughens its conversion laws, a nail in the coffin of ties with Diaspora Jews?
With an ultra-Orthodox faction set to run the religious agenda in the new government, the gates for entry to Judaism will again be guarded by the most stringent interpreters of religious law
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A woman leads a partnership minyan at a conference in New York of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, December 2013. (Mike Kelly/JTA)
March 10, 2014, 12:23 pm
Partnership minyans require ‘delicate choreography’
Despite Modern Orthodox leaders’ condemnations, these more egalitarian prayer groups are on the rise among the grassroots
By Uriel Heilman
Member of Beersheba's Kehilat Be'erot praying. (photo credit: courtesy)
November 21, 2013, 3:07 pm
Orthodox, separate — and almost equal
The partnership minyan phenomenon, marked by its liberal inclusion of women in leading prayer, is proving highly contentious and increasingly popular — a veritable Jewish revolution
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Rabbi Asher Lopatin (JTA)
October 3, 2013, 4:02 pm
New yeshiva head articulates spirit of ‘open Orthodoxy’
Shrugging off censure, Rabbi Asher Lopatin of the controversial Yeshivat Chovevei Torah will celebrate his installation with a roundtable of non-Orthodox leaders
By Uriel Heilman
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, right, the incoming president of the Modern Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, confers with Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, the Zidichiver rebbe, at Chicago's Siyum HaShas celebration. (photo credit: Fred Eckhouse Photography/JTA)
September 9, 2012, 8:11 pm
How much will new rabbinical school leader shake up the Orthodox world?
With an emphasis on ‘open Orthodoxy,’ Rabbi Asher Lopatin — soon to take over the liberal-leaning Yeshivat Chovevei Torah — is stirring up both interest and opposition
By Uriel Heilman
September 3, 2012, 12:32 pm
Asher Lopatin to succeed Avi Weiss at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Weiss’ school was launched in 1999 as a more liberal alternative to YU’s rabbinical school and has encountered some opposition among more conservative elements in the Orthodox world
By Uriel Heilman
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