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All groups have a mix of both good and bad people; it's the ratio that differentiates us.

Hundreds of thousands of Jews participate in Daf Yomi at some point.

A competent preacher can make the Torah seem to support any cause he desires.

This reduces the halachic process to an entirely ad hoc system.

See what you've done, YCT? You've made R. Shafran legitimize RIETS!

Chief Rabbi Lau the Younger is not going to be big on reinterpreting traditional Jewish sources to meet contemporary problems.

The question that I always have for those who are not invested in the revelation at Sinai is, why keep these 613 mitzvot?

Bring the professor and tell him off in a way the students can respect and understand.

Sinai is not history, Sinai is a happening.

Does anyone out there know where it all goes?

I am the crybaby, when he's the one who threw the original hissyfit

The Rabbis are not sharing Big Ideas, they're arguing about nothing more than the plain meaning of the verse.

Human beings are not objective. We're highly subjective creatures.

Imagine a Google ad that brings together a Jew and an Arab who were separated due to the Nakba.

The Forward resents the hegemony of the Hasmoneans.

G-d blessed Facebook’s CEO with this poignant lesson. Right as we approach the Day of Judgment, followed by times of Repentance, and the final celebration of Atonement, He blesses all of Israel with this lesson as well.

DovBear Blog: Huge argument are raging right now on Twitter about the next big Internet Asifa scheduled for the end of May in Citi Field. DovBear briefly summarize the positions, and refutes them.

We should view the Hillel and Shammai schools' dispute in the context of their founders.

Critical thinking just isn't kosher

Saul is neither the first nor the last of the wolf pack to unite the tribes.

I was never so disgusted at a display of honor before or after.

The people who wish to end online anonymity are often also the people who think Kolko got a raw deal and would like to stone kofrim in Times Square.

Here is why opponents of R Shteinman think you should oppose him too.

The desire to have contact with the dead, especially one's own relatives, is apparently universal.

Why did the Pope excommunicate every single Communist in the world, but never excommunicate a single Nazi?

I think the apartheid analogy is badly flawed.

The beast's tremendous bulk makes its continued existence impractical.

Yehudis and Chana are not part of our holy Mesorah!

I wish there were a publication and verification process for gedolim.

Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.