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NEW YORK — Rabbi Avi Weiss has backed away from the idea of ordaining women as Orthodox rabbis under the term “rabba.” Rabbi Weiss, the founder and leader of the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah rabbinical school, had taken heat from the Orthodox community since he made the announcement in January he would use the feminized version of rabbi for his student, Sara Hurwitz, who now has t More...
WASHINGTON — In time for the Passover season, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged to resolve a trade dispute that is holding up a shipment of American-caught fish destined for Israeli plates as gefilte fish. More...
SAN FRANCISCO — Several rare early American Jewish books will be auctioned in New York. Among the offerings at next month’s sale by Swann Auction Galleries is an early Jewish-American cookbook and the first Hebrew Bible printed on American soil. A first edition of Esther Levy’s 1871 Jewish Cookery Book is estimated will fetch $10,000 to $15,000. More...
