Jnews Roundup IX

Raphael stepped down from doing the Jnews Roundup so if anyone would like to give it a try, please contact me.

Spinka Rebbe arrested on money laundering charges (NY Times)

Declassified KGB study of Jewish emigration in the 60s and 70s (Forward)

Reform leaders advocate a Shabbos experience (JPost) and all-male service (link, Jewish Week opinion)

A group of converts to (Reform and Conservative) Judaism (Forward)

Intermarriage study offers surprising results (Forward)

The Menorah and the Vatican (Jewish Standard)

Technion gets high college rankings (JTA)

Reconstituting the Aleppo Codex (link)

Reform women's Torah commentary (Forward, JTA opinion)

New roles for women in Orthodoxy (JTA)

Israeli Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger calls for international lineage database (Arutz Sheva)