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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Orthodox rabbis

Rabbi Dov Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin, study partners and co-authors of 'It Takes Two to Torah' (Lorin Klaris)
September 15, 2024, 4:33 pm
What happens when a seemingly odd couple becomes friends and Torah study buddies?
In their new book, Reform journalist Abigail Pogrebin and Orthodox Rabbi Dov Linzer show genuine warmth and respect for one another while not dancing around their differences
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov speaks about the weekly Torah portion in this screenshot from a video posted on June 8, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 16, 2023, 7:10 pm
Berlin rabbi fired amid mounting allegations he preyed on young women
Reuven Yaacobov’s May 31 termination by the Jewish community came shortly after the claims went public, but alleged victims say complaints have been swept under the rug for years
By Toby Axelrod
Jacob Yisrael Herzog praying in his Riyadh hotel room, November 29, 2021. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2022, 7:45 pm
Israeli rabbi visits Iran, meets with local leaders and documents his trip
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Jacob Yisrael Herzog, who previously attempted to establish Jewish community in Saudi Arabia, tours Iran’s Jewish sites, meets religious leaders
By Tobias Siegal
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, who died September 28, was a strong proponent of the view that brain death, rather simply the cessation of a heartbeat, should be considered death according to Jewish law, thus allowing organ donation. (Ben Harris)
September 30, 2021, 6:44 pm
Rabbi Moshe Tendler, who shaped Orthodox views on organ donation, dies at 95
Dean of the rabbinical school and biology professor at Yeshiva University was considered an expert in issues of Jewish law and medical ethics
By Shira Hanau
A Jewish man blows the shofar at the Rashbi gravesite in Meron, northern Israel, on September 9, 2017, prior to the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 10, 2021, 2:52 pm
Podcast: Congregational rabbis share high holiday plans, and thoughts
Rabbis Seth Farber, Aaron Brusso and Toby Manewith discuss the logistical and spiritual elements of their 5782 Jewish holidays
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Balla at the biennial convention of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) in Antwerp in May 2019. (Photo by Eli Itkin)
June 12, 2021, 8:55 am
Germany’s 1st post-WWII military rabbi aims to open door to more Jewish recruits
The son of a Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Mordechai Balla says one of the most important aspects of his new job is educating non-Jewish soldiers while ministering to all faiths’ needs
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik attends an event in Jerusalem on August 10, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2021, 2:37 am
A year of grief: Orthodox Jewry reels as COVID-19 hastens the loss of its rabbis
The relentless deaths have hit all sides of the diverse community, leaving many to wonder who can possibly step up to fill their fallen leaders’ shoes
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Akiva Eger (Wikipedia)
October 3, 2020, 3:49 pm
How rabbi’s social distancing edict saved his community from pandemic… in 1831
Nearly 200 years before the COVID-19 crisis, Rabbi Akiva Eger worked with medical experts and government authorities to help thwart a cholera outbreak, ultimately saving thousands
By Adam Reinherz
Illustrative: Senate Foreign Relations Committee members seen from behind in the foreground: (left to right) Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., Sen. Stuart Symington, D-Mo., Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, Sen. William Fullbright, D-Ark., Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., and Sen. George Aiken, R-VT, on April 11, 1969. (AP Photo)
May 7, 2020, 6:05 pm
50 years ago, upstart rabbi used Jewish law to tell Senate to end Vietnam War
36-year-old Irving Greenberg was virtually unknown when he told US leaders the Vietnam War dehumanized victims created in the image of God. There are lessons to be learned today
By Josh Feigelson
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 17, 2019, 12:10 pm
Chief rabbi calls for 20 minute Shabbat extension over Eurovision ‘desecration’
Ashkenazi religious leader says work should stop 10 minutes before lighting candles, 10 minutes after the end of the Sabbath because competition finals require Saturday rehearsals
By ToI Staff and AFP
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road during a demonstration against light rail construction work on Shabbat on the outskirts of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on September 21, 2018. (AFP / JACK GUEZ)
May 15, 2019, 1:10 pm
Rabbis decry Eurovision Shabbat ‘desecration’
Ultra-Orthodox leaders call for mass prayer, allege Sabbath-observant Israelis will be forced to work Saturday preparing song contest final
By AFP
Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a demonstration against a Knesset bill amendment denying surrogacy for same-sex couples, outside Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on July 18, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2018, 6:48 am
Orthodox rabbis reject colleagues’ letter calling LGBTQ community ‘perverts’
Dozens of American and Israeli rabbis sign letter calling for tolerance in community after some 200 religious-Zionist clerics pen missive comparing gays to terrorists
By JTA
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will be the first rabbi to lead the Graduate Theological Union based in Northern California. (Daniel Kates/Hebrew College/via JTA)
July 8, 2018, 11:37 am
Orthodox-trained rabbi makes history as head of mostly Christian theology center
Daniel Lehmann says a historic American hegemony is being transformed just in time for a concerted religious effort to combat global threats
By Rob Gloster
Rachel Stomel
May 11, 2018, 12:57 pm
Rachel Stomel
Defying conventions
When Religious Zionist rabbis discuss women’s roles in shul, childbirth, and feminism — in a woman-free zone
Tyquan Bailey, charged for an attack on Jewish man Jack Gindi, taken into police custody on April 23, 2018. (Screen capture: Pix11 news)
April 25, 2018, 10:22 pm
Jewish victim stable after near-fatal stabbing in NY; attack not a hate crime
FedEx worker Tyquan Bailey charged with attempted murder for unprovoked attack on Jack Gindi in Manhattan this week
By JTA
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