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Nov 27, 2014, 6:24 PM

To Preserve Jewish Unity in Israel, There’s Only One Path

In Haaretz, Reform Rabbi Eric H, Yoffie, past president of the Union for Reform Judaism, conceded the main point of a recent piece I wrote for that paper – that there cannot be an American-style church-state divide in Israel....

Aug 24, 2014, 1:50 PM

Ahead of the High Holidays, keep in mind that the first step to confronting ones own misdeeds is regret

Oct 14, 2013, 8:37 PM

Open “Orthodoxy”?

I am grateful to Dr. Ben Elton, a student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, for his rejoinder to my recent posting about that institution and “Open Orthodoxy,” in which I asserted that neither can lay claim to the adjective “Orthodox,”...

Oct 8, 2013, 6:09 PM

True and tragic colors: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is simply not what it claims

No, the 'open Orthodoxy' at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah does not have support in Jewish religious tradition; quite the contrary

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About Me

Rabbi Avi Shafran has been the director of public affairs and spokesman for Agudath Israel of America, since 1994. For more than a decade, he has also written a weekly column syndicated to Jewish and general newspapers and websites, and is the author of five books.