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Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover

Benyamin Cohen in Forward · 18 Apr

Nate Oman, a devout Mormon, went on a 10-hour drive to Philadelphia to purchase whiskey and other leavened products for Passover from a Jewish congregation through a ritual of selling chametz to a non-Jew.

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Michael A. Helfand: Church, State, and Jewish Education [Jewish Education 2/4]

18forty · 14 Feb 2023

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, the host interviews Michael A. Helfand, a Pepperdine Law professor specializing in religious liberty, to discuss the First Amendment and its implications for funding religious schools.

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Rabbi Shlomo Weissman: The Rabbinic Will and Agunot [Agunah Crisis 1/4]

18forty · 20 Apr 2021

In this episode of the podcast 18Forty, Rabbi Shlomo Weissman discusses the agunah crisis and its halakhic complexities.

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Rabbi Shlomo Weissman: The Rabbinic Will and Agunot [Agunah Crisis 1/4]

18forty · 20 Apr 2021

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Rabbi Shlomo Weissman discusses the complex issue of the agunah crisis.

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Up Close with Rabbi Elazar Muskin: On the 25th anniversary of the RCA’s prenuptial agreement

JA Mag in Jewish Action · 22 Mar 2019

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the RCA Prenup, Rabbi Elazar Muskin discusses its impact on American Jewry with The Rabbinical Council of America and shares anecdotes highlighting the necessity of the prenuptial agreement to prevent cases of agunot.

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Decentralizing Religious Authority

Rachel Levmore in Lehrhaus · 27 Jul 2017

The article discusses the decentralization of religious authority in Orthodox Jewish life due to the absence of universally recognized Torah giants like Moshe Feinstein and Menachem Schneerson.

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A Failed Attempt to Challenge the Halakhic Prenup

Jeremy Stern in Lehrhaus · 24 Jul 2017

A recent proclamation by 44 rabbis in Israel raised concerns about the Beth Din of America's halakhic prenuptial agreement, suggesting it might be problematic from a religious standpoint.