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'In any case there are no sinful thoughts' - the role and status of women in Jewish Law as expressed in the Arukh Hashulhan.
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Rabbi Yehiel Mekhel Halevi Epstein challenged orthodox Jewish belief in the inferiority of women in his legal work 'Arukh Hashulhan.' His rabbinic rulings reflect the influence of social change on perceptions of womens' roles. His rulings are divided between alternative interpretations that underlie traditional rulings and interpretations and rulings that are fundamentally different from those of his rabbinical peers. Although Epstein followed traditional Halakhah in the adjudication process ...
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; Eden, Ami Forward 02-15-2002 WASHINGTON -- In a historic acknowledgment of the gap between the standards of the Conservative movement and the practices of its followers, the movement's top congregational professional is urging synagogues to promote a less rigorous set of ritual expectations. Rabbi
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Forward
; Eden, Ami Forward 03-01-2002 Conservative Judaism's top congregational professional is coming under fire from several of his colleagues for proposing a less rigorous set of religious expectations for non-observant Conservative Jews. At the center of the controversy is a six-point platform dubbed
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The Boston Globe
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IN PROFILE; Fruits Of Their Labor
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; On Sunday the rabbis kept the prime minister waiting. In 1997, during the height of the debate in Israel over the "Who is a Jew?" issue -- which religious standards would determine converts' status as Jews -- Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch led a delegation of American Reform rabbis to Jerusalem "literally
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Epstein: 'Rethink' Ban On 'Patrilineal' Kids
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Key player in stalling controversial Knesset bill: Former Clevelander
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; Cleveland Jewish News 06-25-1997 Key player in stalling controversial Knesset bill: Former Clevelander Rabbi Jerome Epstein helped hammer out deal to ...
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Forward
; Forward 02-22-2002 The old joke about Conservative Judaism is that it is a movement of Orthodox rabbis ministering to Reform congregants. There's more than a little truth behind the jest. The truth is that Conservatism means entirely different things to most rabbis and most congregants. To the
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The New York Jewish Week
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